If Youre Gonna Be Dumb You Gotta Be Tough

[G]  [C]  [D]  [G]

 If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be [C]tough
[D] When you get knocked down you gotta get bac[G]k up

 I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
 But [C]I know enough to know
[D] If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be [G]tough
 I lit my Brain with Rot-Gut[C] whiskey
[D] Till my pain was chicken[G] fried
 And I had dudes with badges [C]frisk me
[D] And teach me how to swallow [G]pride
 I took advice no fool would [C]take
[D] I got some habits I can't [G]shake

 I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
 But [C]I know enough to know
[D] If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be [G]tough

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

[C]  [D]  [G]

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

 EVERBODY!
 If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be[C] tough
[D] When you get knocked down you gotta get back[G] up

 I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
 But [C]I know enough to know
[D] If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be[G] tough
[D] If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be[C] tough

 One more time
 If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be [G]tough