When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going chords by Billy Ocean

• Key: E

[Intro Rap]
When the going gets tough, the tough get going
Tough, tough, h-huh, huh, hoh
When the going gets tough, the tough gets ready, yeah
Tough, tough, t-tough, tough
Tough, tough, tough

Intro:

 E • • • | C#m • B • :
 E • • • | C#m • B • :

E       C#m  B
  Yeah
oh     darling
E        F#m/E C#m7   B
   do do do    da

Verse 1:
 E                    C#m      C#m/B
I've got something to tell you
 E                    A
I've got something to say
          E                C#m     C#m/B
I'm gonna put this dream in motion
          E                   A
Never let nothing stand in my way
                     E     C#m     B          E        F#m/E C#m7   B
When the going gets tough
the tough gets going

Verse 2:
          E                    C#m   C#m/B
I'm gonna get myself cross the river
             E                  A
That's the price I'm willing to pay
          E                    C#m     C#m/B
I'm gonna make you stand and deliver
             E                        A
And give me love in the old-fashioned way, woah

Pre-Chorus 1:
B   C#m           Amaj7/E
Dar-lin'
I'll climb any mountain
B   C#m           Amaj7  B  B
Dar-lin'
I'll do    anything

Chorus 1:
  E               C#m               B
Oohoo, (ooh), can I touch you? (Can I touch ya)
    E                          C#m    B
And do the things that lovers do
  E              C#m             B
Oohoo, (ooh), wanna hold you (Wanna hold ya)
  E                         C#m  B
I gotta get it through to you
ohoh

             E                 C#m
And when the going gets tough (The tough get going)
             B                 A
And when the going gets rough (The tough get rough)
     D/A           A
Hey
hey, hey
hey, hey

[Instrumental]
 E • • • | C#m • B • :
 E • • F#m/E | C#m7 • B • :

Verse 2:
          E                 C#m   C#m/B
I'm gonna buy me a one-way ticket
 E                      A
Nothing's gonna hold me back
      E                       C#m                C#m/B
Your love's like a slow train coming (slow train coming)
           E                      A
And I can feel it coming down the track, woah

Pre-Chorus 2:
B   C#m           Amaj7/E
Dar-lin'
I'll climb any mountain
B   C#m           Amaj7  B  B
Dar-lin'
I'll do    anything

Chorus 2:
  E               C#m               B
Oohoo, (ooh), can I touch you? (Can I touch ya)
    E                          C#m    B
And do the things that lovers do
  E              C#m             B
Oohoo, (ooh), wanna hold you (Wanna hold ya)
  E                         C#m  B
I gotta get it through to you
ohoh

             E                 C#m
And when the going gets tough (The tough get going)
             B                 A
And when the going gets rough (The tough get rough)
     D/A           A
Hey
hey, hey
hey, hey

Break:
Hit it
B7sus4      B7sus4
       Wooh woh oh oh oh
B7sus4    B7sus4
                 Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Saxophone Solo]
 E • • • | C#m • C#m/B • | E • • • | A • • • :
 E • • • | C#m • C#m/B • | E • • • | A • • • :

Pre-Chorus 3:
B   C#m           Amaj7/E
Dar-lin'
I'll climb any mountain
B   C#m           Amaj7
Dar-lin'
I'll swim any sea
B   C#m           Amaj7/E
Dar-lin'
I'll reach for the heavens
B   C#m           Amaj7  B  B
Dar-lin'
with you lovin' me

Break:
N.C.          N.C.
Oohoo, oohoo (Oohoo, oohoo)

Chorus 3: (no bass)
E            C#m/E             B/E
  (Hoo), can I touch you? (Can I touch ya)
    E                          C#m/E       B/E
And do the things that lovers do     (Can I touch ya)
  E              C#m/E           B/E
Oohoo, (ooh), wanna hold you (Wanna hold ya)
  E                         C#m/E    B/E
I gotta get it through to you

[Fading Outro]
         E                 C#m
When the going gets tough (Going gets tough)
    B                A
The going get rough (Going gets rough)
         E                 C#m
When the going gets tough (Going gets tough)
    B                A
The going get rough (Going gets rough)
         E                 C#m
When the going gets tough (Going gets tough)
    B                A
The going get rough (Going gets rough)
         E                 C#m
When the going gets tough (Going gets tough)
    B                A
The going get rough (Going gets rough)