Billy Ocean, When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (1985)
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INTRO: [F#] [D#m] [F#] [D#m]

VERSE 1:
[F#] I got something to [D#m] tell you
[F#] I got something to [B] say
I'm gonna [F#] put this dream in [D#m] motion
Never let [F#] nothing stand in my [B] way
When the going gets [F#] tough ^[D#m]
The ^[C#] tough gets [F#] going ^[D#m] ^[C#]

VERSE 2:
I'm gonna [F#] get myself cross the [D#m] river
That's the [F#] price I'm willing to [B] pay
I'm gonna [F#] make you stand and de-[D#m]-liver
And give me [F#] love in the old-fashioned [B] way, woh
^[C#] Dar-^[D#m]-lin I'll [B] climb any mountain
^[C#] Dar-^[D#m]-lin I'll ^[B] do any-^[C#]-thing

PRE-CHORUS:
[F#] Ooh-ooh, can I ^[D#m] touch you ^[C#]
And [F#] do the things that lovers ^[D#m] do ^[C#]
[F#] Ooh-ooh, wanna ^[D#m] hold you ^[C#]
I [F#] gotta get it through to ^[D#m] you, whoa-^[C#]-ooh

CHORUS:
And when the [F#] going gets tough (the [D#m] tough gets going)
When the [C#] going gets rough (the [B] tough gets rough)

POST-CHORUS: [B] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

BREAK: [F#] [D#m] [F#] [D#m]

VERSE 3:
I'm gonna [F#] buy me a one-way [D#m] ticket
[F#] Nothing's gonna hold me [B] back
Your [F#] love's like a slow train [D#m] coming
And I can [F#] feel it coming down the [B] track, whoa-ooh
[C#] Dar-[D#m]-lin I'll [B] climb any mountain
[C#] Dar-[D#m]-lin I'll [B] do any-[C#]-thing

CHORUS:
[F#] Ooh-ooh, can I [D#m] touch you [C#]
And [F#] do the things that lovers [D#m] do [C#]
[F#] Ooh-ooh, wanna [D#m] hold you [C#]
I [F#] gotta get it through to [D#m] you, whoa-ooh [C#]
And when the [F#] going gets tough (The [D#m] tough gets going)
When the [C#] going gets rough (The [B] tough gets rough)
[B] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey [F#] [D#m] [F#] [D#m]

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]