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