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

INTRO: [C] [Am] [C] [Am]

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

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

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

CHORUS:
And when the [C] going gets tough (the [Am] tough gets going)
When the [G] going gets rough (the [F] tough gets rough)

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

BREAK: [C] [Am] [C] [Am]

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

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

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]