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Version 1--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rusty Cage – Johnny Cash --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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