Chords:
= 320022/320002
= x32010
= xx0323
[NOTE: Each chord in the song lasts for 4 beats]
[If there s a dash (-) The chord is only one beat)
Intro:
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If you re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
I ain t the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough to know,
If you re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
I lit my brain with rot-gut whisky,
Till my pain was chicken fried,
And I had dudes with badges frisk me,
And Teach me how to swallow pride,
I took advice no fool would take,
I got some habits I can t shake,
I ain t the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough to know,
If you re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
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If you re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
That s the way it is in life and love,
If you re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
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I ve been up and down and down and out,
I ve been left and right and wrong,
Well I walk the walk and I run my mouth,
Been on that short end for too long,
Well if they get medals for honky-tonk wars,
Hell, I d keep mine in my chest-of-drawers,
With my RS Bills and Divorce Papers and all that stuff,
If you re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
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If you re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
I ain t the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough to know,
If you re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
If you re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
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*They re a little longer than one beat but not quite two beats.