Chords for Roger Alan Wade - If you are gonna' be dumb
Tempo:
93.875 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] I want to drink.
[G] Well I lit my brain with [C] rotgut whiskey, [D] till my pain [G] was chicken fried.
Yeah and I had dudes with badges [C] frisk me, [D] and teach me how to swallow [G]
pride.
I took advice no [C] fool would take, [D] I had me some habits [G] I could not shake.
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I [C] know enough to know.
[D] If you're gonna be dumb, [G] you gotta be tough.
[A] If you're gonna be dumb, you [D] gotta be tough.
[E] When they knock you down, you [A] just get back up.
[E] [A]
That's the way it is in [D] life and love.
[E] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
Woo!
[C]
[D] [G] I've been up and down and [C] down and out.
[D] Oh, I've been left and [G] right and wrong.
It'll walk the walk and run my mouth.
[D] Sometimes I run it way [G] too long.
But if they gave medals for [C] honky-tonk wars, [D] I'd spend mine [G] on beer and horses.
And my IRS bills and [C] divorce papers and all that stuff.
[D] If you're gonna be dumb, you [G] gotta be tough.
[A] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta [D] be tough.
[E] When they knock you down, you just get back up.
[A]
That's the way it is in life [D] and love.
[E] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
Woo!
If you're gonna be dumb, [D] you gotta be tough.
[E] Alright!
[N] [B]
[N]
[B] [N]
[F]
[G] Well I lit my brain with [C] rotgut whiskey, [D] till my pain [G] was chicken fried.
Yeah and I had dudes with badges [C] frisk me, [D] and teach me how to swallow [G]
pride.
I took advice no [C] fool would take, [D] I had me some habits [G] I could not shake.
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I [C] know enough to know.
[D] If you're gonna be dumb, [G] you gotta be tough.
[A] If you're gonna be dumb, you [D] gotta be tough.
[E] When they knock you down, you [A] just get back up.
[E] [A]
That's the way it is in [D] life and love.
[E] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
Woo!
[C]
[D] [G] I've been up and down and [C] down and out.
[D] Oh, I've been left and [G] right and wrong.
It'll walk the walk and run my mouth.
[D] Sometimes I run it way [G] too long.
But if they gave medals for [C] honky-tonk wars, [D] I'd spend mine [G] on beer and horses.
And my IRS bills and [C] divorce papers and all that stuff.
[D] If you're gonna be dumb, you [G] gotta be tough.
[A] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta [D] be tough.
[E] When they knock you down, you just get back up.
[A]
That's the way it is in life [D] and love.
[E] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
Woo!
If you're gonna be dumb, [D] you gotta be tough.
[E] Alright!
[N] [B]
[N]
[B] [N]
[F]
Key:
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C
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A
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C
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[E] _ _ _ _ I want to drink.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Well I lit my brain with [C] rotgut whiskey, _ _ [D] till my pain [G] was chicken fried.
_ _ Yeah and I had dudes with badges [C] frisk me, _ _ [D] and teach me how to swallow [G]
pride.
_ I took advice no [C] fool would take, _ _ [D] I had me some habits [G] I could not shake. _
_ I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I [C] know enough to know.
[D] If you're gonna be dumb, [G] you gotta be tough. _ _
[A] If you're gonna be dumb, you [D] gotta be tough. _ _
[E] When they knock you down, you [A] just get back up.
[E] _ _ [A]
That's the way it is in [D] life and love.
_ [E] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
Woo!
[C] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ I've been up and down and [C] down and out.
_ [D] _ Oh, I've been left and [G] right and wrong.
_ _ It'll walk the walk and run my mouth.
_ _ [D] Sometimes I run it way [G] too long.
_ But if they gave medals for [C] honky-tonk wars, _ _ [D] I'd spend mine [G] on beer and horses.
_ And my IRS bills and [C] divorce papers and all that stuff.
[D] If you're gonna be dumb, you [G] gotta be tough. _ _
[A] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta [D] be tough. _
[E] When they knock you down, you just get back up.
_ _ [A]
That's the way it is in life [D] and love.
_ [E] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
Woo!
If you're gonna be dumb, [D] you gotta be tough. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ Alright!
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[E] _ _ _ _ I want to drink.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Well I lit my brain with [C] rotgut whiskey, _ _ [D] till my pain [G] was chicken fried.
_ _ Yeah and I had dudes with badges [C] frisk me, _ _ [D] and teach me how to swallow [G]
pride.
_ I took advice no [C] fool would take, _ _ [D] I had me some habits [G] I could not shake. _
_ I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I [C] know enough to know.
[D] If you're gonna be dumb, [G] you gotta be tough. _ _
[A] If you're gonna be dumb, you [D] gotta be tough. _ _
[E] When they knock you down, you [A] just get back up.
[E] _ _ [A]
That's the way it is in [D] life and love.
_ [E] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
Woo!
[C] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ I've been up and down and [C] down and out.
_ [D] _ Oh, I've been left and [G] right and wrong.
_ _ It'll walk the walk and run my mouth.
_ _ [D] Sometimes I run it way [G] too long.
_ But if they gave medals for [C] honky-tonk wars, _ _ [D] I'd spend mine [G] on beer and horses.
_ And my IRS bills and [C] divorce papers and all that stuff.
[D] If you're gonna be dumb, you [G] gotta be tough. _ _
[A] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta [D] be tough. _
[E] When they knock you down, you just get back up.
_ _ [A]
That's the way it is in life [D] and love.
_ [E] If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
Woo!
If you're gonna be dumb, [D] you gotta be tough. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ Alright!
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