When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going Chords by Billy Ocean
Tempo:
122 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
C#m
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
When the going gets tough, the tough get goin
When the going gets tough, the tough get goin
[E]
[C#] [B]
[E] [C#] [B]
[E] [C#m] [B]
[E] [C#m] [B]
[E] Yeah
[C#m] [B]
[E] Do you [C#m] feel good now?
I [B]
got [E] something [C#m] to tell you, [E]
I got something [A] to say.
[E] I'm gonna put this green [C#m] in motion, [E]
never let nothing stand in [A] our way.
When the gong [E] gets stuck, [C#m] [B] the tough [E] get going.
[C#m] [B]
[E] I'm gonna get myself across [C#m] the river, [E]
I got the price I'm willing [A] to pay.
[E] I'm gonna make you stand and [C#m] deliver, [E]
to give me love in the old [A] fashioned way.
[B] Walk or [C#m] [A] climb any mountain, [B] [C#m] [A] or do [B]
anything.
[E] [C#m] Can I [B]
touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] [B] do.
[E] [C#m] Wanna [B]
hold ya?
[E] I gotta get it through to [C#m] you.
[B]
[E] When the gong gets [C#m] stuck, the tough get going.
When [B] the gong gets rung, [A] the tough get rung.
[D] Hey, hey, [A] hey, [E] hey, hey.
[C#m] [B] [E]
[G#m] [B] [E] I'm gonna buy me a one [C#m] way ticket, [E] nothing's gonna hold [A] me back.
[E] Your love's like a slow [C#m] train coming, [E] and I can feel it coming down [A] the track.
[B] Walk [C#m]
[A] or climb any [B] mountain, [C#m]
[A] or do [B] anything.
[E]
[C#m] Can I [B] touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] [B] do.
[E]
[C#m] [B] Wanna hold [E] ya?
I gotta get it through [C#m] to you.
[B] [E] When the gong gets stuck, [C#m] the tough get going.
When [B] the gong gets [A] rung, the tough get [D] rung.
Hey, [A] hey, hey, [E] hey, hey.
[C#m] Can [B] I touch [E] ya?
Do the things [G#m] that lovers do.
[B]
[E] [C#m] Wanna hold ya?
[B]
[E] I gotta get it [C#m] through to you.
[B]
When [E] the gong gets stuck, the tough get going.
[B] When the gong gets [A] rung, the tough get rung.
[D] Hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, [B] hey.
Whoa, whoa.
Whoa, [E] whoa, whoa.
[C#m] [E] Whoa, [A] whoa, whoa.
[E]
[C#m] [E] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[A] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[B] [C#m]
[A] I'm [B] down.
[C#m] Fallen.
[A] In every scene.
[B] [C#m] Fallen.
[A] I'll wait forever.
I'll wait [B] forever.
[C#m]
Fallen.
[A] With you [B] loving me.
Ooh, [Cm] ooh, ooh, ooh.
[E]
[C#m] Can I touch ya?
[B] Can I touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] [B] do.
Can I touch [E] ya?
Ooh, ooh.
[C#m] Wanna hold [E] ya?
Wanna hold ya?
I gotta get it through to you.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[C#m] Can I touch [B] ya?
Can I touch ya?
[E] Do the things that lovers [G#m] do.
[B] [E] Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[C#m] I wanna hold [B] ya.
[E] I gotta get it through to you.
[B] Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[E] When the gong gets [C#m] stuck.
When the gong gets stuck.
[B] Gong gets rough.
[A] Gong gets stuck.
[E] When the gong gets stuck.
[C#m] Gong gets stuck.
[B] Gong gets rough.
[A] [D] Get it, [A]
get it, [E] get it.
I'm gonna get it.
[C#m] Oh, [B] baby.
I'm [E] gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna love you [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
I [C#m] wanna hold ya.
[B] I wanna squeeze [E] ya.
I'm gonna get it.
[G#m] I'm gonna get it.
When the gong [B]
[E] gets stuck.
Ooh, [C#m] [B] ooh.
When the [E] gong gets stuck.
I wanna [C#m] squeeze ya.
I wanna hold [B] ya.
I'm gonna get it.
When the gong [E] gets stuck.
Ooh, [C#m] [B] ooh.
When the gong [E] gets stuck.
[C#m] I'm gonna get it [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna love you [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna hold [B] ya.
I'm gonna get [E] it.
[C#m] [B] [E] [C#m] [B]
[E]
When the going gets tough, the tough get goin
[E]
[C#] [B]
[E] [C#] [B]
[E] [C#m] [B]
[E] [C#m] [B]
[E] Yeah
[C#m] [B]
[E] Do you [C#m] feel good now?
I [B]
got [E] something [C#m] to tell you, [E]
I got something [A] to say.
[E] I'm gonna put this green [C#m] in motion, [E]
never let nothing stand in [A] our way.
When the gong [E] gets stuck, [C#m] [B] the tough [E] get going.
[C#m] [B]
[E] I'm gonna get myself across [C#m] the river, [E]
I got the price I'm willing [A] to pay.
[E] I'm gonna make you stand and [C#m] deliver, [E]
to give me love in the old [A] fashioned way.
[B] Walk or [C#m] [A] climb any mountain, [B] [C#m] [A] or do [B]
anything.
[E] [C#m] Can I [B]
touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] [B] do.
[E] [C#m] Wanna [B]
hold ya?
[E] I gotta get it through to [C#m] you.
[B]
[E] When the gong gets [C#m] stuck, the tough get going.
When [B] the gong gets rung, [A] the tough get rung.
[D] Hey, hey, [A] hey, [E] hey, hey.
[C#m] [B] [E]
[G#m] [B] [E] I'm gonna buy me a one [C#m] way ticket, [E] nothing's gonna hold [A] me back.
[E] Your love's like a slow [C#m] train coming, [E] and I can feel it coming down [A] the track.
[B] Walk [C#m]
[A] or climb any [B] mountain, [C#m]
[A] or do [B] anything.
[E]
[C#m] Can I [B] touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] [B] do.
[E]
[C#m] [B] Wanna hold [E] ya?
I gotta get it through [C#m] to you.
[B] [E] When the gong gets stuck, [C#m] the tough get going.
When [B] the gong gets [A] rung, the tough get [D] rung.
Hey, [A] hey, hey, [E] hey, hey.
[C#m] Can [B] I touch [E] ya?
Do the things [G#m] that lovers do.
[B]
[E] [C#m] Wanna hold ya?
[B]
[E] I gotta get it [C#m] through to you.
[B]
When [E] the gong gets stuck, the tough get going.
[B] When the gong gets [A] rung, the tough get rung.
[D] Hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, [B] hey.
Whoa, whoa.
Whoa, [E] whoa, whoa.
[C#m] [E] Whoa, [A] whoa, whoa.
[E]
[C#m] [E] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[A] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[B] [C#m]
[A] I'm [B] down.
[C#m] Fallen.
[A] In every scene.
[B] [C#m] Fallen.
[A] I'll wait forever.
I'll wait [B] forever.
[C#m]
Fallen.
[A] With you [B] loving me.
Ooh, [Cm] ooh, ooh, ooh.
[E]
[C#m] Can I touch ya?
[B] Can I touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] [B] do.
Can I touch [E] ya?
Ooh, ooh.
[C#m] Wanna hold [E] ya?
Wanna hold ya?
I gotta get it through to you.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[C#m] Can I touch [B] ya?
Can I touch ya?
[E] Do the things that lovers [G#m] do.
[B] [E] Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[C#m] I wanna hold [B] ya.
[E] I gotta get it through to you.
[B] Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[E] When the gong gets [C#m] stuck.
When the gong gets stuck.
[B] Gong gets rough.
[A] Gong gets stuck.
[E] When the gong gets stuck.
[C#m] Gong gets stuck.
[B] Gong gets rough.
[A] [D] Get it, [A]
get it, [E] get it.
I'm gonna get it.
[C#m] Oh, [B] baby.
I'm [E] gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna love you [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
I [C#m] wanna hold ya.
[B] I wanna squeeze [E] ya.
I'm gonna get it.
[G#m] I'm gonna get it.
When the gong [B]
[E] gets stuck.
Ooh, [C#m] [B] ooh.
When the [E] gong gets stuck.
I wanna [C#m] squeeze ya.
I wanna hold [B] ya.
I'm gonna get it.
When the gong [E] gets stuck.
Ooh, [C#m] [B] ooh.
When the gong [E] gets stuck.
[C#m] I'm gonna get it [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna love you [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna hold [B] ya.
I'm gonna get [E] it.
[C#m] [B] [E] [C#m] [B]
[E]
Key:
E
B
C#m
A
D
E
B
C#m
When the going gets tough, the tough get goin _ _ _ _ _ _
When the going gets _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tough, the tough get goin
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ Yeah
[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ Do you [C#m] feel good now?
I [B]
got [E] _ _ something [C#m] to tell you, [E] _
_ I got something [A] to say. _
[E] I'm gonna put this green [C#m] in motion, [E] _
never let nothing stand in [A] our way.
When the gong [E] gets stuck, _ [C#m] _ _ [B] the tough [E] get going.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _
[E] I'm gonna get myself across [C#m] the river, [E] _
I got the price I'm willing [A] to pay. _
[E] I'm gonna make you stand and [C#m] deliver, [E]
to give me love in the old [A] fashioned way. _
[B] Walk or [C#m] _ _ [A] climb any mountain, [B] _ _ [C#m] _ [A] or do [B]
anything.
[E] _ _ _ [C#m] Can I _ [B]
touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] _ [B] do.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] Wanna [B]
hold ya?
[E] I gotta get it through to [C#m] you.
[B] _
[E] When the gong gets [C#m] stuck, the tough get going.
When [B] the gong gets rung, [A] the tough get rung.
[D] Hey, hey, [A] hey, [E] hey, hey. _
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ [E] I'm gonna buy me a one [C#m] way ticket, [E] _ _ _ nothing's gonna hold [A] me back.
_ [E] Your love's like a slow [C#m] train coming, [E] _ and I can feel it coming down [A] the track.
[B] Walk _ [C#m] _
[A] or climb any [B] mountain, _ [C#m] _
[A] or do [B] anything.
[E] _ _ _
[C#m] Can I _ [B] touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] _ [B] do.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ [B] Wanna hold [E] ya?
I gotta get it through [C#m] to you.
[B] _ [E] When the gong gets stuck, [C#m] the tough get going.
When [B] the gong gets [A] rung, the tough get [D] rung.
Hey, [A] hey, hey, [E] hey, hey.
_ _ [C#m] Can [B] I touch [E] ya?
Do the things [G#m] that lovers do.
_ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] Wanna hold ya?
[B] _
[E] I gotta get it [C#m] through to you.
[B]
When [E] the gong gets stuck, the tough get going.
[B] When the gong gets [A] rung, the tough get rung.
[D] Hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, [B] hey. _ _
Whoa, whoa. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Whoa, [E] whoa, whoa. _
_ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Whoa, _ [A] _ _ whoa, whoa.
[E] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ Whoa, whoa, whoa. _
[A] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [A] _ _ I'm [B] down.
[C#m] Fallen.
_ [A] In every scene.
[B] _ [C#m] Fallen.
[A] I'll wait forever.
I'll wait [B] forever.
_ [C#m]
Fallen.
[A] With you [B] loving me.
Ooh, [Cm] ooh, ooh, ooh.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#m] Can I touch ya?
[B] Can I touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] _ [B] do.
Can I touch [E] ya?
Ooh, ooh.
[C#m] Wanna hold [E] ya?
Wanna hold ya?
I gotta get it through to you.
_ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. _
_ [C#m] Can I touch [B] ya?
Can I touch ya?
[E] Do the things that lovers [G#m] do.
[B] _ [E] Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[C#m] I wanna hold [B] ya.
[E] I gotta get it through to you.
[B] Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[E] When the gong gets [C#m] stuck.
When the gong gets stuck.
[B] Gong gets rough.
[A] Gong gets stuck.
[E] When the gong gets stuck.
[C#m] Gong gets stuck.
[B] Gong gets rough.
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] Get it, [A]
get it, [E] get it.
I'm gonna get it.
_ [C#m] Oh, [B] baby.
I'm [E] gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna love you [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
I [C#m] wanna hold ya.
[B] I wanna squeeze [E] ya.
I'm gonna get it.
[G#m] I'm gonna get it.
When the gong [B] _
[E] gets stuck.
Ooh, [C#m] _ [B] ooh.
When the [E] gong gets stuck.
I wanna [C#m] squeeze ya.
I wanna hold [B] ya.
I'm gonna get it.
When the gong [E] gets stuck.
Ooh, [C#m] _ [B] ooh.
When the gong [E] gets stuck.
[C#m] I'm gonna get it [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna love you [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna hold [B] ya.
I'm gonna get [E] it.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When the going gets _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tough, the tough get goin
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ Yeah
[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ Do you [C#m] feel good now?
I [B]
got [E] _ _ something [C#m] to tell you, [E] _
_ I got something [A] to say. _
[E] I'm gonna put this green [C#m] in motion, [E] _
never let nothing stand in [A] our way.
When the gong [E] gets stuck, _ [C#m] _ _ [B] the tough [E] get going.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _
[E] I'm gonna get myself across [C#m] the river, [E] _
I got the price I'm willing [A] to pay. _
[E] I'm gonna make you stand and [C#m] deliver, [E]
to give me love in the old [A] fashioned way. _
[B] Walk or [C#m] _ _ [A] climb any mountain, [B] _ _ [C#m] _ [A] or do [B]
anything.
[E] _ _ _ [C#m] Can I _ [B]
touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] _ [B] do.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] Wanna [B]
hold ya?
[E] I gotta get it through to [C#m] you.
[B] _
[E] When the gong gets [C#m] stuck, the tough get going.
When [B] the gong gets rung, [A] the tough get rung.
[D] Hey, hey, [A] hey, [E] hey, hey. _
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ [E] I'm gonna buy me a one [C#m] way ticket, [E] _ _ _ nothing's gonna hold [A] me back.
_ [E] Your love's like a slow [C#m] train coming, [E] _ and I can feel it coming down [A] the track.
[B] Walk _ [C#m] _
[A] or climb any [B] mountain, _ [C#m] _
[A] or do [B] anything.
[E] _ _ _
[C#m] Can I _ [B] touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] _ [B] do.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ [B] Wanna hold [E] ya?
I gotta get it through [C#m] to you.
[B] _ [E] When the gong gets stuck, [C#m] the tough get going.
When [B] the gong gets [A] rung, the tough get [D] rung.
Hey, [A] hey, hey, [E] hey, hey.
_ _ [C#m] Can [B] I touch [E] ya?
Do the things [G#m] that lovers do.
_ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] Wanna hold ya?
[B] _
[E] I gotta get it [C#m] through to you.
[B]
When [E] the gong gets stuck, the tough get going.
[B] When the gong gets [A] rung, the tough get rung.
[D] Hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, [B] hey. _ _
Whoa, whoa. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Whoa, [E] whoa, whoa. _
_ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Whoa, _ [A] _ _ whoa, whoa.
[E] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ Whoa, whoa, whoa. _
[A] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [A] _ _ I'm [B] down.
[C#m] Fallen.
_ [A] In every scene.
[B] _ [C#m] Fallen.
[A] I'll wait forever.
I'll wait [B] forever.
_ [C#m]
Fallen.
[A] With you [B] loving me.
Ooh, [Cm] ooh, ooh, ooh.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#m] Can I touch ya?
[B] Can I touch [E] ya?
Do the things that lovers [C#m] _ [B] do.
Can I touch [E] ya?
Ooh, ooh.
[C#m] Wanna hold [E] ya?
Wanna hold ya?
I gotta get it through to you.
_ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. _
_ [C#m] Can I touch [B] ya?
Can I touch ya?
[E] Do the things that lovers [G#m] do.
[B] _ [E] Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[C#m] I wanna hold [B] ya.
[E] I gotta get it through to you.
[B] Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[E] When the gong gets [C#m] stuck.
When the gong gets stuck.
[B] Gong gets rough.
[A] Gong gets stuck.
[E] When the gong gets stuck.
[C#m] Gong gets stuck.
[B] Gong gets rough.
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] Get it, [A]
get it, [E] get it.
I'm gonna get it.
_ [C#m] Oh, [B] baby.
I'm [E] gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna love you [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
I [C#m] wanna hold ya.
[B] I wanna squeeze [E] ya.
I'm gonna get it.
[G#m] I'm gonna get it.
When the gong [B] _
[E] gets stuck.
Ooh, [C#m] _ [B] ooh.
When the [E] gong gets stuck.
I wanna [C#m] squeeze ya.
I wanna hold [B] ya.
I'm gonna get it.
When the gong [E] gets stuck.
Ooh, [C#m] _ [B] ooh.
When the gong [E] gets stuck.
[C#m] I'm gonna get it [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna love you [B] now.
[E] I'm gonna get it.
[C#m] I wanna hold [B] ya.
I'm gonna get [E] it.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _