Rusty Cage Chords by Johnny Cash

Rusty Cage chords by Johnny Cash

Guitar chords with lyrics

Rusty Cage – Johnny Cash


Tuning: Standard

Johnny Cash
Rusty Cage (1996)
(Chris Cornell)



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Main Riff
  A5
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|2-------2-------|
A|0-------0-------|
E|----0-3b----0-3b|

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CHORDS

      E-A-D-G-B-e
A5    x-0-2-2-x-0
G     3-x-0-0-3-3
E5    0-2-2-x-0-0

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Intro:
| A5 | % | % | % |
 (faded in)


Verse:
A5                      A5            A5             A5
 You wired me awake and hit me with a hand of broken nails
A5                              A5                   A5             A5
 You tied my lead and pulled my chain and watched my blood begin to boil


Chorus:
A5                   G  A5 :
 But I’m gonna break
A5                   G  A5 :
 I’m gonna break my
A5
  Gonna break my rusty cage and run
A5                   G  A5 :
 But I’m gonna break
A5                   G  A5 :
 I’m gonna break my
A5                     G
  Gonna break my rusty cage
A5
... and run


Part 2:
A5                            A5                     A5             A5
 Too cold to start a fire I’m burning diesel burning dinosaur bones
A5                                 A5                       A5        A5
 I’ll take the river down to still water and ride a pack of dogs


Chorus:
A5                   G  A5 :
 But I’m gonna break
A5                   G  A5 :
 I’m gonna break my
A5
  Gonna break my rusty cage and run
A5                   G  A5 :
 But I’m gonna break
A5                   G  A5 :
 I’m gonna break my
A5                     G
  Gonna break my rusty cage ... and run


Interlude:
| E5 | % | % | % |


Verse:
         E5
When the forest burns along the road
     E5
Like God's eyes in my headlights
         E5
When the dogs are looking for their bones
         E5
And it's raining icepicks on your steel shores


Chorus:
E5
 I’m gonna break
E5
 I’m gonna break my
E5
 Gonna break my rusty cage and run
E5
 I’m gonna break
E5
 I’m gonna break my
E5
 Gonna break my rusty cage and run


Chorus: + coda
E5
 I’m gonna break
E5
 I’m gonna break my
E5
 Gonna break my rusty cage and run
E5
 I’m gonna break
E5
 I’m gonna break my
E5                    D            E5
 Gonna break my rusty cage ... and run

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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