The Rolling Stones - Too Tough: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Too Tough" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Too Tough Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Rolling Stones

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Too Tough" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D                 C  Csus4  C
 If you want to wreck my life
D             C  Csus4  C
 Go ahead my love
D                    C  Csus4  C
 Tried it once with poison
D                    C  Csus4  C
 Tried it once with drugs
D                C  Csus4  C
 Circulation's running dry
       D                C  Csus4  C
 It's you that drank me up
D                      C  Csus4  C
 Screwed me down with kindness
D             C  Csus4  C
 Suffocating love

Chorus:
   F                  D#  A#
    When it comes to fighting
    F                  C
    Trying to play it rough
    F                 D#
    I will take you twenty rounds
             A#          C    G
    I'm just too tough, too tough
D  C         D C        D C
    Too tough, too tough

Saw you on TV last night
In a rerun soap
You were young and beautiful
Already without hope

But I didn't think you ever knew
What you've bitten off
And in the end you spat me out
You could not chew me up
Too tough, too tough, too tough, too tough

Chorus:
    When it comes to fighting
    Trying to play it rough
    I will take you twenty rounds
    I'm just too tough, too tough

I was married yesterday
To a teenage bride
You said it's only physical
But I love her deep inside
I still see you in my dreams
With a kitchen knife
With it poised above your head
Now who you gonna slice?

Chorus:
      When it comes to fighting
      Trying to play it rough
      I will take you twenty rounds
      I'm just too tough, too tough
D C D C         D C         D  C
       Too tough,  too tough

I don't think you'll ever know
What you've bitten off
But in the end you spat me out
You could not chew me up
I was too tough, too tough
Too tough, too tough
Too tough, too tough
Too tough
Too tough, too tough
Too tough, too tough


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

Csus4

Guitar chord Csus4

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Too Tough" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Too Tough" by The Rolling Stones.

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