King Crimson - Cage guitar tab
Cage (Tab)
Date Submitted: 3-Mar-02
By: Maxime Cottin (mashcottin at yahoo dot fr)
CAGE by King Crimson ( the heavy construKction version )
Transcribed by Mash.
Here is the acoustic part played by Adrian Belew :
The verses are in 7/8 and the chorus is in 4/4
Pattern A :
[--------------------------------]
[--------------------------------]
[--------------------------------] repeat this pattern 8 times
[--------7-------5--------------] when Adrian starts singing
[-----6------6------7---6------]
[--5-----------------------------]
Walking down the streets, you stare at your feet
And never do you let your eyes meet the freaks,
The deadbeat addicts, social fanatics,
They're a dime a dozen and they carry guns,
Pattern B :
[---------------------------------]
[---------------------------------]
[---------------------------------] repeat this pattern 4 times
[--------10-----8---------------]
[-----9------9------10---9-----]
[--8-----------------------------]
Halloween, every other day of the week
Then repeat A 4 times :
Living in a cage in the USA
Repeat B 4 times :
Holy smoke! Somebody blew up the pope
Repeat A 4 times:
Living in a cage in the USA
Then the chorus in 4/4 :
( just the chords position )
[------------]
[----5------]
[----4------] x 2
[----3------]
[----2------]
[------------]
All around us the rules are changing
[----------][----------]
[---4------][----3----]
[---3------][----3----]
[---2------][----2----]
[---1------][----1----]
[----------][----------]
Taller walls and stronger cages
[------------][----------------]
[----2------][---0------3----]
[----2------][---2------2----]
[----2------][---2------2----]
[----0------][---0------0----]
[------------][----------------]
Nothing is sacred or too outrageous
[--------------]
[-----5--------]
[-----4--------] x 2
[-----3--------]
[-----2--------]
[--------------]
Taller walls and stronger cages
[------0------][----0-----]
[------5------][----5-----]
[------5------][----4-----] x 2
[------3------][----3-----]
[------0------][----0-----]
[-------------][-----------]
What in the world has happened to the world
[------0------][----0-----]
[------5------][----5-----]
[------5------][----4-----]
[------3------][----3-----]
[------0------][----0-----]
[-------------][-----------]
What in the world
Then there is a little riff in 7/8 :
[-----------3------------------3--------][----------3------------------3--------]
[--2---4---2-----4---2---4---2-----4-][-2---4---2-----4---2---4---2-------]
[--2---4----------4---2---4---------4-][-2---4----------4---2---4-----------]
[----------------------------------------][---------------------------------------]
[----------------------------------------][---------------------------------------]
[----------------------------------------][---------------------------------------]
Then back to the beginning
Driving your mercedes you think you're safe
But there's no escape in a world of hateful
Criminal minds with guns and knives
Who say "give me your ride or give me your life"
Halloween, every other day in of the week
Living in a cage in the USA
Holy smoke ! somebody blew up the pope
Living in a cage in the USA
Chorus + riff
End
