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 (x32010@1)   
 If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,
D (xx0232@1)                                           G (320003@1)
 When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
G (320003@1)                                             C (x32010@1)                 
 I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough to know,
D (xx0232@1)                                   G (320003@1)   
 If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.

G (320003@1)                            C (x32010@1) 
 I lit my brain with rot-gut whisky,
D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)  
 'Till my pain was chicken fried,
G (320003@1)                          C (x32010@1)      
 And I had dudes with badges frisk me,
D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)   
 And Teach me how to swallow pride,
G (320003@1)                           C (x32010@1) 
 I took advice no fool would take,
D (xx0232@1)                        G (320003@1)   
 I got some habits I can't shake,
G (320003@1)                                             C (x32010@1)                 
 I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough to know, 
D (xx0232@1)                                   G (320003@1)   
 If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.

G-                                    C (x32010@1)  
 If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough, 
D (xx0232@1)                                           G (320003@1) When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
G (320003@1)                               C (x32010@1) 
 That's the way it is in life and love,
D (xx0232@1)                                   G (320003@1)  
 If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.

G, C, D, G

G (320003@1)                                 C (x32010@1)I've been up and down and down and out,
D (xx0232@1)                           G (320003@1)I've been left and right and wrong,
G (320003@1)                                C (x32010@1)Well I walk the walk and I run my mouth,
D (xx0232@1)                             G (320003@1)Been on that short end for too long,
G (320003@1)                                     C (x32010@1)Well if they get medals for honky-tonk wars,
D (xx0232@1)                                   G (320003@1)Hell, I'd keep mine in my chest-of-drawers,
G (320003@1)                                      C (x32010@1)With my RS Bills and Divorce Papers and all that stuff,
D (xx0232@1)                                   G (320003@1)  
 If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.

G-                                    C (x32010@1)If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough, 
D (xx0232@1)                                      G (320003@1)When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
G (320003@1)                                             C (x32010@1)I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough to know,
D (xx0232@1)                                   G (320003@1)If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
G (320003@1)                                   C (x32010@1)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.