Biography:
Roger Alan Wade is an American singer-songwriter.
Wade wrote songs for country legends Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, George Jones and Hank Williams Jr. He embarked on a solo career with the promotional assistance of his cousin, actor Johnny Knoxville, who occasionally featured Wade's music on his TV show Jackass. During a 2003 appearance on the Howard Stern radio show, Knoxville promoted his cousin's songs, which were favorably received by Stern and his audience and given frequent airplay thereafter.
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Other songs:
- 3Rd Chance Blues
- All Likkered Up
- Bb Gun
- Bear Loves Honey
- Big Ass Happy Family
- Butt Ugly Slut
- Chicken Song
- Chillicothe Rain
- Cohare Cohares
- Counterman
- Cowboy Angel
- D
- Deguello Motel
- Fighting For The Sweetness
- First Time I Saw Waylon
- Fryin Bacon Nekkid
- Gone Back To Whorin
- Greyhound Bus 3
- Here I Go Again
- Horse I Wanna Ride
- If
- If Ya Gonna Be Dumb Ya Gotta Be Tough
- If Youre Gonna Be Dumb You Gotta Be Tough
- Jingle Jangle
- Johnny Cash Has Died
- Loneliness Is My Only True Friend
- Lovin Man
- Matthew Mark Luke And Earnhardt
- My Baby Loves Malt Liquor
- Old Dixie Highway
- Party In My Pants
- Poontang
- Psycho Bitch From Hell
- Put Another Log On The Fire
- Rhinestones In The Ashes
- Shes A Baby When She Cries
- Sometimes I Dont Know If Ill Make It
- Southbound Train
- Still On The Run
- Stoned Traveler
- Sweet Wine Of Sorrow
- Thats The Blues
- The First Time I Saw Waylon
- The Light Outlives The Star
- Too Fat To Fly
- When Heaven Comes Dripping From The Night
- Wine Drippin From Your Lips
- Wreckless Kind
- Years Ago
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Chords:
G= 320022/320002
C= x32010
D= xx0323
[NOTE: Each chord in the song lasts for 4 beats]
[If there's a dash (-) The chord is only one beat)
Intro:
G, C, D, G
G- C
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,
D G
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
G 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.
G C
I lit my brain with rot-gut whisky,
D G
'Till my pain was chicken fried,
G C
And I had dudes with badges frisk me,
D G
And Teach me how to swallow pride,
G C
I took advice no fool would take,
D G
I got some habits I can't shake,
G 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.
G- C
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,
D G
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
G C
That's the way it is in life and love,
D G
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
G, C, D, G
G C
I've been up and down and down and out,
D G
I've been left and right and wrong,
G C
Well I walk the walk and I run my mouth,
D G
Been on that short end for too long,
G C
Well if they get medals for honky-tonk wars,
D G
Hell, I'd keep mine in my chest-of-drawers,
G C
With my RS Bills and Divorce Papers and all that stuff,
D G
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
G- C
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,
D G
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
G 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.
G C
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
* *
C, G-, C-, G-, D-, G-
*They're a little longer than one beat but not quite two beats.
G= 320022/320002
C= x32010
D= xx0323
[NOTE: Each chord in the song lasts for 4 beats]
[If there's a dash (-) The chord is only one beat)
Intro:
G, C, D, G
G- C
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,
D G
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
G 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.
G C
I lit my brain with rot-gut whisky,
D G
'Till my pain was chicken fried,
G C
And I had dudes with badges frisk me,
D G
And Teach me how to swallow pride,
G C
I took advice no fool would take,
D G
I got some habits I can't shake,
G 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.
G- C
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,
D G
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
G C
That's the way it is in life and love,
D G
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
G, C, D, G
G C
I've been up and down and down and out,
D G
I've been left and right and wrong,
G C
Well I walk the walk and I run my mouth,
D G
Been on that short end for too long,
G C
Well if they get medals for honky-tonk wars,
D G
Hell, I'd keep mine in my chest-of-drawers,
G C
With my RS Bills and Divorce Papers and all that stuff,
D G
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
G- C
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough,
D G
When you get knocked down you gotta get back up,
G 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.
G C
If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
* *
C, G-, C-, G-, D-, G-
*They're a little longer than one beat but not quite two beats.
Roger Creager
Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltry
Roger Davis
Roger Glover