Key: :[F] (w: Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Billy Ocean) (BPM: 126, 32-A) IE#1 UK#1 US#2

INTRO: [F] [Dm] [F] [Dm]

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

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

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

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

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

BREAK: [F] [Dm] [F] [Dm]

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

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

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]