Chords:
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, G
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
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.
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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, G
G 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.
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C, G-, C-, G-, D-, G-
*They're a little longer than one beat but not quite two beats.
