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Rusty Cage

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1/6

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 6Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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Tuning: Standard
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Main Riff
  A51 + 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]
 A5You wired me awake and A5hit me with a A5hand of broken A5nails
 A5You tied my lead and pulled my A5chain and watched my A5blood begin to A5boil
[Chorus]
                   A5   G[  A5]
 But I’m gonna break  
                   A5   G[  A5]
 I’m gonna break my 
  A5Gonna break my rusty cage and run
                   A5   G[  A5]
 But I’m gonna break  
                   A5   G[  A5]
 I’m gonna break my 
  A5Gonna break my rusty Gcage 
A5... and run
 A5Too cold to start a fire I’m A5burning diesel burning A5dinosaur bonesA5  
 A5I’ll take the river down to still A5water and ride a pack of A5dogsA5  
[Chorus]
                   A5   G[  A5]
 But I’m gonna break  
                   A5   G[  A5]
 I’m gonna break my 
  A5Gonna break my rusty cage and run
                   A5   G[  A5]
 But I’m gonna break  
                   A5   G[  A5]
 I’m gonna break my 
  A5Gonna break my rusty Gcage ... and run
[Interlude]
|  E5| % | % | % | 
[Verse]
When the E5forest burns along the road
Like E5God's eyes in my headlights
When the E5dogs are looking for their bones
And it's E5raining icepicks on your steel shores
[Chorus]
 E5I’m gonna break  
 E5I’m gonna break my 
 E5Gonna break my rusty cage and run
 E5I’m gonna break  
 E5I’m gonna break my 
 E5Gonna break my rusty cage and run
[Chorus] + coda
 E5I’m gonna break  
 E5I’m gonna break my 
 E5Gonna break my rusty cage and run
 E5I’m gonna break  
 E5I’m gonna break my 
 E5Gonna break my rusty Dcage ... and E5run

All chords in this song (4)

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Rusty Cage

by Johnny Cash

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tuning: Standard

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Main Riff

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]

| | % | % | % |

(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

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

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

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]

| | % | % | % |

[Verse]

When the forest burns along the road

Like God's eyes in my headlights

When the dogs are looking for their bones

And it's raining icepicks on your steel shores

[Chorus]

I’m gonna break

I’m gonna break my

Gonna break my rusty cage and run

I’m gonna break

I’m gonna break my

Gonna break my rusty cage and run

[Chorus] + coda

I’m gonna break

I’m gonna break my

Gonna break my rusty cage and run

I’m gonna break

I’m gonna break my

E5 D E5

Gonna break my rusty cage ... and run

About Rusty Cage Chords by Johnny Cash

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What key is "Rusty Cage" in?

The chords for "Rusty Cage" show the original chord names (including A5, B, G, D, A, E). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.