Farya Faraji | God's Gonna Cut You Down - American Folk Song @faryafaraji | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
This is a remake of the rendition I made back in 2021, which can be seen here: youtube.com/watch?v=Sq_7-wE61hU
God's Gonna Cut You Down is an American folk gospel song first recorded in 1937. The original forms of the song were quite different and were usually sung in the major scale by a quartet. This version instead owes a lot to Johnny Cash's now legendary rendition. Now I wasn't even gonna try and compete with the master himself, and far better singers than I have covered it in the past; my interest was more in providing a classic example of American folk music from the Southern United States. This region's music often revolves around the use of pentatonic scales combined with triad chords that cover the entire musical scale--in other words, the main melody uses five notes out of the seven notes in the scale, but the accompanying chord progression underneath may use all seven notes. Lyrics as in this case are often religious in nature.
Lyrics:
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Well my goodness gracious let me tell you the news
My head's been wet with the midnight dew
I've been down on bended knee
Talkin' to the man from Galilee
He spoke to me in a voice so sweet
I thought I heard the shuffle of angels' feet
He called my name and my heart stood still
When he said, "John, go do my will!"
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand
Workin' in the dark against your fellow man
But as sure as God made black and white
What's down in the dark will be brought to the light
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
This is a remake of the rendition I made back in 2021, which can be seen here: youtube.com/watch?v=Sq_7-wE61hU
God's Gonna Cut You Down is an American folk gospel song first recorded in 1937. The original forms of the song were quite different and were usually sung in the major scale by a quartet. This version instead owes a lot to Johnny Cash's now legendary rendition. Now I wasn't even gonna try and compete with the master himself, and far better singers than I have covered it in the past; my interest was more in providing a classic example of American folk music from the Southern United States. This region's music often revolves around the use of pentatonic scales combined with triad chords that cover the entire musical scale--in other words, the main melody uses five notes out of the seven notes in the scale, but the accompanying chord progression underneath may use all seven notes. Lyrics as in this case are often religious in nature.
Lyrics:
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Well my goodness gracious let me tell you the news
My head's been wet with the midnight dew
I've been down on bended knee
Talkin' to the man from Galilee
He spoke to me in a voice so sweet
I thought I heard the shuffle of angels' feet
He called my name and my heart stood still
When he said, "John, go do my will!"
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand
Workin' in the dark against your fellow man
But as sure as God made black and white
What's down in the dark will be brought to the light
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
