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- 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. * * C, G-, C-, G-, D-, G- *They're a little longer than one beat but not quite two beats.
