If Youre Gonna Be Dumb

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

If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be t[C]ough
[D]When you get knocked down you gotta get back[G] up

I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
[C]BUt 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 f[G]ried
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
[C]But 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 with life and l[C]ove
[D]If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be [G]tough

[C] [D] [G]

[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 run my [C]mouth
[D]Been on that short end for too l[G]ong
Well if they gave medals for honky-tonk [C]wars
[D]Hell I'd keep mine in my chest of d[G]rawers
With my IRS bills and divorce papers and [C]all that stuff
[D]Hell 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 bac[G]k up

I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
[C]BUt 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 [G]tough