#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 15:37:42 -0600 From: ponies2@computek.net (Keith Barron) Subject: Rusty Cage - Soundgarden originally by: Date: 19 Feb 1993 18:57:42 -0700 (MST) From: Paul Zimmerman Rusty Cage Tuning - BADGBE Intro: |----------------------|--------|-------------------------|-----| |----------------------|--------|-------------------------|-----| |-------------14h16p14-|-(14)---|-------14h16-------14h16-|-(16)| |----------------------|--------|-------------------------|-----| |-12/14-14h16----------|--------|-12/14-------12/14-------|-----| |----------------------|--------|-------------------------|-----| Hold last notes of each bar a while longer first few times. First and Second Verses: |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-------------12h14p12--|-------12h14-------12h14--| |-10/12-12h14-----------|-10/12-------10/12--------| That is what Kim plays. You could also play the first two verses THIS way to make it easier. It sounds really good but I don't think it is right. |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-7/9-9/11-7h9-7--|-7h9-7h9-7h9-7h9-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| End of each verse: |-------------------|---------------|---------------------------| |-------------------|---------------|---------------------------| |-------------------|---------------|---------------------------| |-------------------|---------------|---------------------------| |-------------------|---------------|---------------------------| |-15--15--7/12--10--|-(10)----------|-6--6-5-5-3-3-0-0-3-3-3~~--| Third Verse: |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-0--0-0-0--0-0-3-5-6-7-3-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-3-5-6-7-3-| Play the above riff a few times and then play this when Chris starts singing about 3 times then go to the next verse part. |-------------------------|-------------------|------------------ |-------------------------|-------------------|------------------ |-----------------------4-|-(4)---------2-----|------------------ |-----------------------4-|-(4)---------2-----|------------------ |-----------------------2-|-(2)---------0-----|------------------ |-0--0-0-0--0-0-3-5-6-7---|-------7-6-5-----3-|-0--0-0-0-3-5-6-7- Fourth Verse Part: ||------------------------------------------------|| ||------------------------------------------------|| ||o----------------------------------------------o|| ||o----------------------------------------------o|| ||------------------------------------------------|| ||-0---3b-0--5b-0--0-3b-0-3-/6~-3b-0---0-3b-0-5---|| and then finish up with this: |-------------------|------------------------| |-------------------|------------------------| |---------------16~~|~(16)~~~~~~~~~~~~~------| |-------------------|------------------------| |-------------------|------------------------| |-15--15--7/12--10--|------------------------| RUSTY CAGE You wired me awake And hit me with a hand of broken nails You tied my lead and pulled my chain To watch my blood begin to boil But I'm gonna break I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run Too cold to start a fire I'm burning diesel burning dinosaur bones I'll take the river down to still water And ride a pack of dogs I'm gonna break I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run Hits like a Phillips head into my brain It's gonna be too dark to sleep again Cutting my teeth on bars and rusty chains I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run 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 shore I'm gonna break I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run