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God's Gonna Cut You Down

by Johnny Cash · posted by Spiritgirl33

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
           God's Gonna Cut You Down!!
          You will need the key of Bb!!


Opening:

 6   6   6   6  6  -5  6    4 
You can run on for a long time, 

-5  -5  -5 -5  6   4
run on for a long time, 

 6  6   6  -5  6    4
run on for a long time.

  5  5  5   4  4
Soon-er or lat-er 

 -3 -2  -3 -3    4
got-ta cut you down.

  5  5  5   4  4
Soon-er or lat-er 

-3  -2  4   4    4
got-ta cut you down.

Chorus:

 6  6    6    6     6     6  6
Go tell that long-tongued li-ar,

4   5   6    6    6    6   6   6
go and tell that mid-night rid-er,

  4   5   6  -5 5    -5  6 -5  5  
tell the ram-bl-er, the gam-bl-er,

-5    6  -5   6
the back-bit-er,

 5     5   5   4    -3  -2 -3   -3   4
tell ‘em that God’s gon-na cut ‘em down. 

 5     5  5    4    -3  -2 -3   -3   4
Tell ‘em that God’s gon-na cut ‘em down. 

Verse: 

 -5   6    6   -5   6    5
Well, my good-ness gra-cious,

 -5  5  6   5     6
let me tell the news:

 4   6     6   6    4    4   6   6     4
my head’s been wet with the mid-night dew.

  6   6     6  6   6   -5   6 
I’ve been down on bend-ed knee,

 6   4    4  4  -3   -2   4  4  4
talk-in’ to the Man from Gal-i-lee.

6    6   6  6  6 -5   6   6    6
He spoke to me in a voice so sweet,

6    6    5   6    5    6   5  
I thought I heard the shuf-fle 

-5  5   6  4     4
of the an-gels’ feet.

6    6    6    6   6   6    6    6     6
He called my name and my heart stood still

  6   7   7      7   7  7   7   7
when He said, “John, go do My will.”

Chorus and then Opening

Verse:

 -5    6  -5    6    6    6 
Well, you may throw your rock
 
 5   6    6    5  
and hide your hand,

  6  -5   6  -5  6   5  -5    -5    6   5  -3
work-in’ in the dark a-gainst your fel-low man.

-5  -5  6   6   6   6     6    6    6
But as sure as God made black and white,

   6         6      6   6    6
what’s done in the dark 

  6   5      6        5    5    4
will be brought to the light.

Opening and then Chorus 

  5   5   5    4    -3  -2  -3 -3    4
Tell ‘em that God’s gon-na cut you down.

  5   5   5    4    -3  -2  -3 -3    4
Tell ‘em that God’s gon-na cut you down.

  5    5   5   4    -3  -2  -3 -3   4
Tell ‘em that God’s gon-na cut you down!

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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