Billy Ocean, When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (1985)
^{Key: :[A#] (w: Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Billy Ocean) (BPM: 126, 32-A) IE#1 UK#1 US#2}

INTRO: [A#] [Gm] [A#] [Gm]

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

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

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

CHORUS:
And when the [A#] going gets tough (the [Gm] tough gets going)
When the [F] going gets rough (the [D#] tough gets rough)

POST-CHORUS: [D#] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

BREAK: [A#] [Gm] [A#] [Gm]

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

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

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]