If Youre Gonna Be Dumb You Gotta Be Tough

D# If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough F A# When you get knocked down you gotta get back up, D# I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know, F A# If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough D# I lit my brain with rotgut whisky F A# Till my pain was chicken fried D# I've had dudes with badges frisk me, F A# Teach me how to swallow pride D# I took advice no fool would take F A# I got some habits, I can't shake D# I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know, F A# If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough D# If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough! F A# When you get knocked down you gotta get back up. D# That's the way it is in life and love F A# If your gonna be dumb you gotta be tough. D# I've been up and down and down and out F A# I've been left and right and wrong D# Will walk the walk and run my mouth F A# Been on that short end for to long D# But if they gave metals for honkie tonk f#ck$ng wars F A# Hell I'd keep mine in my chest o' drawers D# Well my IRS bills and divorce papers and all that stuff F D# If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough! EVERYBODY! D# If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough! F A# When you get knocked down you gotta get back up. D# I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know, F A# If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough F A# If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough One more time! A# If your gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough