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God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash
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Johnny Cash
Album: American V: A Hundred Highways
Written by: (traditional folk song)
Tabbed by: Chris W.
Email: johnhannsmith@gmail.com
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Tuning: Standard
Capo 1st Fret
[Intro]
Am
[1st Chorus]
Am
You can run on for a long time,
Dsus2 Am
Run on for a long time,
Am
Run on for a long time,
C Dsus2 Em Am
Sooner or later, God'll cut you down.
C Dsus2 Em Am
Sooner or later, God'll cut you down.
[2nd Chorus]
Am
Go and tell that long tongue liar,
Am
Go and tell that midnight rider,
Am
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the backbiter,
C Dsus2 Em Am
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down.
C Dsus2 Em Am
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down.
[Verse 1]
Am
Well my goodness gracious let me tell you the news.
Dsus2 Am
My heads been wet with the midnight dew.
Am
I've been down on bended knee,
Dsus2 Am
talkin' to the man from Galilee.
Am
He spoke to me in a voice so sweet,
Dsus2 Am
I thought I heard the shuffle of angels’ feet.
Am
He called my name and my heart stood still,
Dsus2 (let ring)
When He said "John go do my will"...
[2nd Chorus]
Am
Go and tell that long tongue liar,
Am
Go and tell that midnight rider,
Am
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the backbiter,
C Dsus2 Em Am
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down.
C Dsus2 Em Am
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down.
[1st Chorus]
Am
You can run on for a long time,
Dsus2 Am
Run on for a long time,
Am
Run on for a long time,
C Dsus2 Em Am
Sooner or later, God'll cut you down.
C Dsus2 Em Am
Sooner or later, God'll cut you down.
[Verse 2]
Am
You may throw your rock, hide your hand,
Dsus2 Am
workin' in the dark against your fellow man.
Am
But as sure as God made black and white,
Dsus2 Am
What's done in the dark, will be brought to the light.
[1st Chorus]
Am
You can run on for a long time,
Dsus2 Am
Run on for a long time,
Am
Run on for a long time,
C Dsus2 Em Am
Sooner or later, God'll cut you down.
C Dsus2 Em Am
Sooner or later, God'll cut you down.
[2nd Chorus]
Am
Go and tell that long tongue liar,
Am
Go and tell that midnight rider,
Am
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the backbiter,
C Dsus2 Em Am
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down.
C Dsus2 Em Am
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down.
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