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"If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough" by Karen O
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Tabbed by: Kevin Zambrano
Duration: 3:30
Track #: 3
Album: Jackass 3D - Music from the motion picture
Tuning: Standard - Low to High (EADGBe)
Composer: Roger Alan Wade
Chords structure: Bb | Eb | F
Keep repeating this structure through the whole song.
If you want the lyrics, here they are:
EbIf (x43121@3)your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
F (133211@1) BbWhen (x1333x@1)you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
EbI (x43121@3)ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know,
F (133211@1) BbIf (x1333x@1)your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
EbI (x43121@3)lit my brain with rotgut whisky
F (133211@1) BbTill (x1333x@1)my pain was chicken fried
EbI've (x43121@3)had dudes with badges frisk me,
F (133211@1) BbTeach (x1333x@1)me how to swallow pride
EbI (x43121@3)took advice no fool would take
F (133211@1) BbI (x1333x@1)got some habits, I can't shake
EbI (x43121@3)ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know,
F (133211@1) BbIf (x1333x@1)your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
EbIf (x43121@3)your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough!
F (133211@1) BbWhen (x1333x@1)you get knocked down you gotta get back up.
EbThat's (x43121@3)the way it is in life and love
F (133211@1) BbIf (x1333x@1)your gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
EbI've (x43121@3)been up and down and down and out
F (133211@1) BbI've (x1333x@1)been left and right and wrong
EbWill (x43121@3)walk the walk and run my mouth
F (133211@1) BbBeen (x1333x@1)on that short end for to long
EbBut (x43121@3)if they gave metals for honkie tonk f#ck$ng wars
F (133211@1) BbHell (x1333x@1)I'd keep mine in my chest o' drawers
EbWell (x43121@3)my IRS bills and divorce papers and all that stuff
F (133211@1) EbIf (x43121@3)your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough!
EVERYBODY!
EbIf (x43121@3)your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough!
F (133211@1) BbWhen (x1333x@1)you get knocked down you gotta get back up.
EbI (x43121@3)ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know,
F (133211@1) BbIf (x1333x@1)your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
F (133211@1) BbIf (x1333x@1)your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
One more time!
BbIf (x1333x@1)your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
END.
Variations:
e||-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
B||-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
G||--3--|--3--|--5--|-----|--8--|-10--|-10--|
D||--3--|--1--|--3--|--8--|--8--|-10--|--8--|
A||--1--|--1--|--3--|--8--|--6--|--8--|--8--|
E||-----|-----|-----|--6--|-----|-----|-----|
||| Bb| (x1333x@1) Eb| (x43121@3) F (133211@1)| Bb| (x1333x@1) Eb| (x43121@3) F (133211@1)| Bb| (x1333x@1)