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#] [Fm] [G#] [Fm]

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

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

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

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

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

BREAK: [G#] [Fm] [G#] [Fm]

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

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

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]