If You're Gonna Be Dumb

(intro) G  C  D

If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be 
     C  D
tough
When you get knocked down you gotta 
          G
get back up,
I ain't the sharpest knife in the 
          C                      D
drawer but I know enough, to know,
If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be 
    G
tough
                                  C
I lit my brain with Rot-Gut whiskey
  D

                                  G
'Till all my pain was chicken fried
                            C      
And I had dudes with badges frisk 
 D
me
                            G
Teach me how to swallow pride

                      C          D
I took advice no fool would take
                               G
I got some habits I can't shake
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I ain't the sharpest knife in the 
       C
drawer, but I know enough to know
D                                 
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta
         G
 be tough

If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta 
       C  D
be tough
When you get knocked down, you gotta
           G
 get back up
That's the way it is in life and 
    C  D
love
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta 
        G
be tough

G                                  
I've been up and down and down and 
C
out
D                            G
I've been left and right and wrong
Well I walk the walk and run my 
C
mouth
D                               G
Been on that short end for too long
Well if they gave medals for 
           C
honky-tonk wars
D                               
Hell I'd keep mine in my chest of 
   G
drawers
With my IRS bills and divorce papers
     C
 and all that stuff
D                              
Hell If you're gonna be dumb you 
           G
gotta be tough
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be
 C
 tough
D                                 
When you get knocked down you 
         G
gotta get back up

(final)
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta 
       C  D
be tough
When you get knocked down, you gotta
            G
 get back up
I ain't the sharpest knife in the 
        C                         D
drawer, but I know enough to know
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta 
        G
be tough
D                                 
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta 
         C      D G
be tough