God's Gonna Cut You Down Chords

KeyA Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays527

God's Gonna Cut You Down by Johnny Cash is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Am, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			 

Intro: Am 

1: 
        Am 
You can run on for a long time, 
Am 
Run on for a long time, 
Am 
Run on for a long time, 
C            Am           G        Am 
Sooner, or later, God'll cut you down. 
C           Am              G       Am 
Sooner, or later, God'll cut you down. 
2: 
       Am 
Go and tell that long tongue liar, 
        Am 
Go and tell that midnight rider, 
          Am 
Tell the rambiler, the gambler, the back biter, 
C            Am           G        Am 
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down. 
C            Am           G        Am 
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down. 
Verse 1: 
     Am 
Well my goodness gracious, let me tell you the news. 
    Am 
My heads been wet with the midnight dew. 
Am 
I've been down on bended knee, 
 Am 
talkin to the man from Galiee. 
    Am 
He spoke to me in a voice so sweet, 
   Am 
I thought I heard the shuffle of angels feet. 
   Am 
He called my name and my heart stood still, 
     Am       Mute 
When He said "John go do my will" 

 2: 
        Am 
Go and tell that long tongue liar, 
        Am 
Go and tell that midnight rider, 
          Am 
Tell the rambiler, the gambler, the back biter, 
C            Am           G        Am 
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down. 
C            Am           G        Am 
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down. 
 1: 
        Am 
You can run on for a long time, 
Am 
Run on for a long time, 
Am 
Run on for a long time, 
C            Am           G        Am 
Sooner, or later, God'll cut you down. 
C            Am           G        Am 
Sooner, or later, God'll cut you down. 
Verse 2: 
          Am 
You may throw your rock, hide your hand, 
Am 
Workin in the dark against your fellow man. 
    Am 
But as sure as God made black and white, 
        Am 
What's done in the dark, will be brought to the light. 
1: 
         Am 
You can run on for a long time, 
Am 
Run on for a long time, 
Am 
Run on for a long time, 
C            Am           G        Am 
Sooner, or later, God'll cut you down. 
C            Am           G        Am 
Sooner, or later, God'll cut you down. 

 2: 
        Am 
Go and tell that long tongue liar, 
        Am 
Go and tell that midnight rider, 
          Am 
Tell the rambiler, the gambler, the back biter, 
C            Am           G        Am 
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down. 
C            Am           G        Am 
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down. 
C            Am           G        Am 
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down. 

END
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante