Chords for If Your Gonna Be Dumb... - Roger Alan Wade

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