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

INTRO: [A] [F#m] [A] [F#m]

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

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

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

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

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

BREAK: [A] [F#m] [A] [F#m]

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

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

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]