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