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

INTRO: [B] [G#m] [B] [G#m]

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

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

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

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

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

BREAK: [B] [G#m] [B] [G#m]

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

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

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS: [x3]