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] [Dbm] [E] [Dbm]

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

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

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

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

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

BREAK: [E] [Dbm] [E] [Dbm]