Rusty Cage chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Rusty Cage – Johnny Cash


Tuning: Standard

Johnny Cash
Rusty Cage (1996)
(Chris Cornell)

From: "Unchained"

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Main Riff
 A5A5
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
BB|----------------|
G+G|----------------|
D MajorD|2-------2-------|
A augmentedA|0-------0-------|
E MajorE|----0-3b----0-3b|

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CHORDS

   E-A-D-G-B-e
A5A5  x-0-2-2-x-0
G+G   3-x-0-0-3-3
E5E5  0-2-2-x-0-0

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Intro:
| A5A5 | % | % | % |
 (faded in)


Verse:
A5A5           A5A5      A5A5       A5A5
 You wired me awake and hit me with a hand of broken nails
A5A5               A5A5          A5A5       A5A5
 You tied my lead and pulled my chain and watched my blood begin to boil


Chorus:
A5A5          G+G A5A5 :
 But I’m gonna break
A5A5          G+G A5A5 :
 I’m gonna break my
A5A5
 Gonna break my rusty cage and run
A5A5          G+G A5A5 :
 But I’m gonna break
A5A5          G+G A5A5 :
 I’m gonna break my
A5A5           G+G
 Gonna break my rusty cage
A5A5
... and run

Part 2:
A5A5              A5A5           A5A5       A5A5
 Too cold to start a fire I’m burning diesel burning dinosaur bones
A5A5                 A5A5            A5A5    A5A5
 I’ll take the river down to still water and ride a pack of dogs


Chorus:
A5A5          G+G A5A5 :
 But I’m gonna break
A5A5          G+G A5A5 :
 I’m gonna break my
A5A5
 Gonna break my rusty cage and run
A5A5          G+G A5A5 :
 But I’m gonna break
A5A5          G+G A5A5 :
 I’m gonna break my
A5A5           G+G
 Gonna break my rusty cage ... and run


Interlude:
| E5E5 | % | % | % |


Verse:
     E5E5
When the forest burns along the road
   E5E5
Like God's eyes in my headlights
     E5E5
When the dogs are looking for their bones
     E5E5
And it's raining icepicks on your steel shores


Chorus:
E5E5
 I’m gonna break
E5E5
 I’m gonna break my
E5E5
 Gonna break my rusty cage and run
E5E5
 I’m gonna break
E5E5
 I’m gonna break my
E5E5
 Gonna break my rusty cage and run


Chorus: + coda
E5E5
 I’m gonna break
E5E5
 I’m gonna break my
E5E5
 Gonna break my rusty cage and run
E5E5
 I’m gonna break
E5E5
 I’m gonna break my
E5E5          D MajorD      E5E5
 Gonna break my rusty cage ... and run

Other versions of Rusty Cage

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