Roger Alan Wade – If Your Gonna be Dumb You Gotta Be Tough
[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.
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.
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If Your Gonna be Dumb You Gotta Be Tough by Roger Alan Wade: Guitar Chords and Lyrics
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