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-] If you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be
tough,
When you get knocked down you gotta get back
up,
I ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer but I
know enough to know,
If you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be
tough.
I lit my brain with rot-gut wh
isky,
‘Till my pain was chicken f
ried,
And I had dudes with badges
frisk me,
And Teach me how to swallow
pride,
I took advice no fool would t
ake,
I got some habits I can’t
shake,
I ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer but I
know enough to know,
If you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be
tough.
[G-] If you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be
tough,
When you get knocked down you gotta get back
up,
That’s the way it is in life and
love,
If you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be
tough.
G, C, D, G
I’ve been up and down and down and
out,
I’ve been left and right and
wrong,
Well I walk the walk and I run my
mouth,
Been on that short end for too
long,
Well if they get medals for honky-tonk
wars,
Hell, I’d keep mine in my chest-of-dr
awers,
With my RS Bills and Divorce Papers and
all that stuff,
If you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be
tough.
[G-] If you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be
tough,
When you get knocked down you gotta get
back up,
I ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer but I
know enough to know,
If you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be
tough.
If you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be
tough.
C, G-, C-, G-, D-, G-
They’re a little longer than one beat but not quite two beats.