When the going gets tough     (video) (midi)

Intro: When the going gets tough, the tough get going, tough tough,

when the going gets tough, the tough get ready, tough tough.

C - Am - G (4x)

C - Am G - C Am - G

Yeah, ooh ! Do do do, da !

C Am C F

1. I got something to tell you, I got something to say,

C Am C F

I’m gonna put this dream in motion, never let nothing stand in my way.

C - Am - G C - Am - G

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

C Am C F

2. I’m gonna get myself cross the river, that’s the price I’m willing to pay,

C Am

I’m gonna make you stand and deliver,

C F

and give me love in the old-fashioned way, oh.

G Am F G G Am F G

Darlin’, I’ll climb any mountain, darlin’, I’ll do anything.

C Am G

Oh (oh), can I touch you (can I touch you ?),

C - Am - G

and do the things that lovers do ?

C Am G

Oh (oh), wanna hold you, (wanna hold you),

C - Am G

I gotta get it through to you, oh !

C Am G

+ When the going gets tough, the tough get going,

C Am G

when the going gets rough, the tough get rough.

F Bb - C

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey !

+ C - Am - G (2x)

C Am C F

3. I’m gonna buy me a one way ticket, nothing’s gonna hold me back,

C Am

your love is like a slow train coming (slow train coming)

C F

and I can feel it coming down the track, woah.

G Am F G G Am F G

Darlin’, I’ll climb any mountain, darlin’, I’ll do anything.

C Am G

Oh (oh), can I touch you (can I touch you ?),

C - Am - G

and do the things that lovers do ?

C Am G

Oh (oh), wanna hold you, (wanna hold you),

C - Am G

I gotta get it through to you, oh !

C Am G

+ When the going gets tough, the tough get going,

C Am G

when the going gets rough, the tough get rough.

F Bb - C

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey !

+ CHORUS

C Am G

+ When the going gets tough, the tough get going,

C Am G

when the going gets rough, the tough get rough.

F Bb - C

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey !

+ C - Am - G (2x) + C - Am - C - F (2x)

G Am F G G Am F G

+ Darlin’, I’ll climb any mountain, darlin’, I’ll do anything.

G Am F G G Am F G

Darlin’, I’ll reach for the heavens, darlin’, with you lovin’ me !

Ooh ooh ooh.

C Am G

Oh (oh), can I touch you (can I touch you ?),

C - Am - G

and do the things that lovers do ?

C Am G

Oh (oh), wanna hold you, (wanna hold you),

C - Am G

I gotta get it through to you, oh !

+ repeat CHORUS

C Am

+ When the going gets tough (going gets tough),

G F

going gets rough (going gets rough) !

C Am

When the going gets tough (going gets tough),

G F

going gets rough (going gets rough) !

Bb F C Am G

Get it, get it coming, get it ! Oh, baby !

+ C - Am - G (10x, with varying bits of lyrics) .....

(orig.=capo 4th; midi=capo 5th) (Billy Ocean)