When The Going Gets Tough

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When The Going Gets Tough: Billy Ocean



When the going gets tough. 

The tough get going, 

tough, tough, 

huh, huh, huh hoh

When the going gets tough, 

the tough gets ready, 

tough, tough, huh, huh,



G  Em, G  Em



G        Em       G        Em

Yeah     ooh,      do do do da

G                  Em         

I got something to tell you.  

G                  C

I got something to say

          G                 Em      

I'm gonna put this dream in motion.  

          G                   C

Never let nothing stand in my way

                    G     Em         

When the going gets tough.            

    D          G    Em  D

The tough gets going.



              G                Em  

I'm gonna get myself cross the river.  

           G                    C

That's the price I'm willing to pay. 

          G                  Em   

I'm gonna make you stand and deliver. 

            G                         C

And give me love in the old-fashioned way, woh

D   Em           C                   

Dar-lin.    I'll climb any mountain.  

D   Em           C      D

Dar-lin.    I'll do anything



(CHORUS)

G            Em               D

Ooh, (ooh). Can I touch you
 (can I touch you).

  G                       Em    D

And do the things that lovers do.

G                 Em              D    

Ooh,( ooh). wanna hold you 
(wanna hold you).  

  G                         Em    D

I gotta get it through to you. oooh

   G                      Em

And when the going gets tough. 
(The tough gets going)

     D                      C

When the going gets rough. 
(The tough gets rough)

C              G Em, G Em 

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey   



          G                Em 

I'm gonna buy me a one-way ticket.  

G                       C

Nothing's gonna hold me back.

     G                        Em

Your love's like a slow train coming (slow train coming).

        G                       C

And I can feel it coming down the track (woah)

D   Em           C                   

Dar-lin.    I'll climb any mountain.  

D   Em           C      D

Dar-lin.    I'll do anything



(CHORUS)

    

Em        D                      G

Hit it.  wooh woh oh oh  Yeah, yeah, yeah,



(Sax bit)



D   Em            C

Dar-lin.     I'll climb any mountain.  

D   Em            C

Dar-lin.     I'll swim any sea.

D   Em            C 

Dar-lin.     I'll reach for the heavens. 

D   Em            C              D

Dar-lin.     With you lovin' me.   Oooh (oooh)



G              Em               D   

Ooh, (ooh). Can I touch you
 (can I touch you). 

    G                       Em D

And do the things that lovers do.

G                 Em              D

Ooh,( ooh). wanna hold you 
(wanna hold you).  

  G                       Em

I gotta get it through to you. oooh



         G                  Em                       

When the going gets tough.
 (Going gets tough).  

D                  C

going gets rough. (Going gets rough). 

         G

When the Going gets tough.........