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#] [A#m] [C#] [A#m]

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

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

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

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

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

BREAK: [C#] [A#m] [C#] [A#m]

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

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

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]