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

INTRO: [G] [Em] [G] [Em]

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

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

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

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

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

BREAK: [G] [Em] [G] [Em]

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

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

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]