Going Gets Tough

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 1 half step down [ -1 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 1 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro -2x-:
   Ab
   Ab
   Db    Db6 Db
   Ab

Verse 1:
Ab                            Db                  Ab
 Off work in the morning and up at the crack of dawn
Ab                              Db            Ab
 All my money worries wherever I go come along

Pre-Chorus:
Db                    Fm                Eb
Worry’s a bully that just won’t let me be
Db                           Fm              Eb
 Trying to keep me busy, tussling and struggling

Verse 2:
Ab                  Db                Ab
 No home since the fire, me and the ash can’t settle down
Ab          Db                    Ab
 Unsure of where I’m bound so I sink another round
Ab                             Db             Ab
 Placebo for pain and there’s no one for to blame
Ab                           Db              Ab
 I refuse to accept that my work is all in vain

Pre-Chorus:
Db                    Fm                Eb
Worry’s a bully that just won’t let me be
Db                            Fm              Eb
 Trying to keep me busy, tussling and struggling

Chorus:
Ab                                 Eb
Still always remembering when the going gets tough
         Fm           Eb           Db               Ab
That the labor of our love will reward us soon enough
Ab                                 Eb
Still always remembering when the going gets tough
         Fm           Eb           Db               Ab
That the labor of our love will reward us soon enough

Interlude:
   Ab
   Ab
   Db     Db6 Db
   Ab

Verse 3:
Ab                    Db             Ab
Man’s never alone if he can offer help
Ab                           Db              Ab
Always thinking of everyone else before himself

Pre-Chorus:
Db                     Fm                Eb
 Worry’s a bully that just won’t let me be
Db                            Fm              Eb
 Trying to keep me busy, tussling and struggling

Verse 4: -same as Verse 2-
Ab                  Db                Ab
 No home since the fire, me and the ash can’t settle down
Ab          Db                    Ab
 Unsure of where I’m bound so I sink another round
Ab                             Db             Ab
 Placebo for pain and there’s no one for to blame
Ab                           Db              Ab
 I refuse to accept that my work is all in vain

Pre-Chorus:
Db                    Fm                Eb
Worry’s a bully that just won’t let me be
Db                            Fm              Eb
 Trying to keep me busy, tussling and struggling

Chorus:
Ab                                 Eb
Still always remembering when the going gets tough
         Fm           Eb           Db               Ab
That the labor of our love will reward us soon enough
Ab                                 Eb
Still always remembering when the going gets tough
         Fm           Eb           Db               Ab
That the labor of our love will reward us soon enough

Outro:
   Ab
   Fm
   Eb     Eb6 Eb
   Db     Db6 Db
   Ab
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