If Your Gonna Be Dumb Chords by Roger Alan Wade, Dave Roen

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If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta [C] be tough _
_ _ _ [D] _ When you get knocked down, you gotta [G] get back
up _ _ _ _ I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer,
but I [C] know enough to know _ [D] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta [G] be tough _ _ _
_ _ I lit my brain with [C] rotgut whiskey _ Till _ [D] _ _
my pain was chicken [G] fry _ _
_ _ _ _ When I had dudes with [C] badges frisk me _ _ _ [D] _
_ Teach me how to swallow [G] pride
_ _ _ _ I took advice no fool [C] would take _ _ _ _
[D] I got some habits I [G] can't shake
_ _ _ _ I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, [C] but I know enough to know
_ [D] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta [G] be tough _ _ _ _ _ [Em] If you're gonna be [F] dumb, you [C] gotta be tough _ _
_ _ [D] When you get knocked down, you gotta get [G] back up _ _ _ _ _
That's the way it is in life and [C] love _
_ _ [D] _ If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta [G] be tough _ _ _ _ _
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I been up and down and down and [C] out _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ I been left and right [G] and wrong _ _ _ _
_ Well I walk the walk and I run my [C] mouth _ _ _ _ [D] _ Been on that short end for [G] too long _ _ _
_ But if they gave medals for [C] honky-tonk wars _ _ _ [D] _ Hell I'd keep mine in my [G] chest or drawers
_ With _ _ my IRS bills and divorce [C] papers and all that stuff
_ [D] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta [G] be tough _ _ _ _ _ [C] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough
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When you get knocked down, you gotta [G] get back up _
_ _ _ I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, [C] but I know enough _ to [D] know
If you're gonna be dumb, you [G] gotta be tough _ _ _ _ [D] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta [C] be tough _ _ _ _
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