If Ya Gonna Be Dumb Ya Gotta Be Tough

G C D G N.C C If you're gonna be dumb, ya gotta be tough D G When you get knocked down you gotta get back up C I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know D G If you're gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough C I lit my brain with rot-gut whiskey D G 'Til my pain was chicken fried C And I had dudes with badges frisk me D G And teach me how to swallow pride C I took advice no fool would take D G I got some habits I can't shake C Ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know D G If you're gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough N/C C If you're gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough D G When you get knocked down ya gotta get back up C That's the way it is in life and love D G If you're gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough G C D G C I been up and down and down and out D G I been left and right and wrong C Well I walk the walk and I run my mouth D G Been on that short end for too long C But if they gave medals for honky tonk wars D G Hell I'd keep mine in my chester drawers C With my RS bills and divorce papers and all that stuff D G If you're gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough Chorus/Outro N.C C If you're gonna be dumb, ya gotta be tough D G When you get knocked down ya gotta get back up C I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but I know enough, to know D G If you're gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough D C If you're gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough G Suey