Roger Allen Wade - If You're Gonna Be Dumb(You Gotta Be Tough)
Submitted By: Strat Man 67
EMail: rdhaskell@earthlink.net


Tuning:Standard
This is my first attempt to tab a song. When I play it it sounds right.
Listen to the song for strum pattern.Enjoy!!!


Intro
G|G|C|D|G


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

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

I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
C
But I know enough to know
D				     G
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
				     C
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
D					     G				
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up
				    C
That's the way it is with life and love
D				     G
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

Break
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
				C	
Well I walk the walk and run my mouth
D				G
Been on that short end for too long
					C
Well if they gave medals for honky-tonk wars
D				   G
Hell I'd keep mine in my chest of drawers
					 C
With my IRS bills and divorce papers and all that stuff
D					  G
Hell If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
				     C
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
D					   G
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up
				    
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer
C
BUt I know enough to know
D				     G
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough
D				     G	
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough


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