Johnny Cash – Rusty Cage (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Chris Cornell From: "Unchained" (1996) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Riff
  A5
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|2-------2-------|
A|0-------0-------|
E|----0-3b----0-3b|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [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