Karen O - If youre gonna be dumb you gotta be tough

If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be ^Ctough ^D When you get knocked down you gotta get bac^Gk up

But ^CI know enough to know ^D If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be ^Gtough I lit my Brain with Rot-Gut^C whiskey ^D Till my pain was chicken^G fried And I had dudes with badges ^Cfrisk me ^D And teach me how to swallow ^Gpride I took advice no fool would ^Ctake ^D I got some habits I can't ^Gshake

But ^CI know enough to know ^D If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be ^Gtough

If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be ^Ctough ^D When you get knocked down you gotta get back ^Gup That's the way it is in life and ^Clove ^D If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be ^Gtough

I've been up and down and down and^C out ^D I've been left and right and^G wrong Well I walk the walk and I run my^C mouth ^D Been on the short end for too ^Glong Well if they gave medals for honky^C-tonk fucking wars ^D Hell I'd keep mine in a chest of^G drawers With my IRS bills and divorce^C papers and all that stuff ^D If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be^G tough

If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be^C tough ^D When you get knocked down you gotta get back^G up

But ^CI know enough to know ^D If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be^G tough ^D If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be^C tough

If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be ^Gtough