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

INTRO: [E] [C#m] [E] [C#m]

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

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

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

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

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

BREAK: [E] [C#m] [E] [C#m]

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

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