G= 320022/320002 C= x32010 D= xx0323 [NOTE: Each chord in the song lasts for 4 beats] [If there's a dash (-) The chord is only one beat) Intro:G, C, D, GG- C If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,D G When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,G C I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough to know,D G If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.G C I lit my brain with rot-gut whisky,D G 'Till my pain was chicken fried,G C And I had dudes with badges frisk me,D G And Teach me how to swallow pride,G C I took advice no fool would take,D G I got some habits I can't shake,G C I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough to know,D G If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.G- C If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,D G When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,G C That's the way it is in life and love,D G If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.G, C, D, GG C I've been up and down and down and out,D G I've been left and right and wrong,G C Well I walk the walk and I run my mouth,D G Been on that short end for too long,G C Well if they get medals for honky-tonk wars,D G Hell, I'd keep mine in my chest-of-drawers,G C With my RS Bills and Divorce Papers and all that stuff,D G If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.G- C If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,D G When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,G C I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough to know,D G If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.G C If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough. * *C, G-, C-, G-, D-, G-
If Youre Gonna Be Dumb You Gotta Be Tough
Roger Alan Wade
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