Verse 1
[G] [C] - [G]
I need love, love, to ease my mind,
[Bm] - [Em] [Am] [D]
I need to find, find, someone to call mine. But mama said:
Chorus
[G] [C] [G]
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to wait.
[Bm] [Em] [Am] [D]
She said, love don't come easy, it's a game of give and take.
[G] [C] [G]
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to wait,
[Bm] [Em] [Am] [D]
you got to trust, give it time, no matter how long it takes.
Verse 2
[Bm]
But how many heartaches must I stand,
[Em]
before I find a love to let me live again.
[Am]
Right now the only thing that keeps me hangin' on,
[D] [D7]
when I feel my strength, yeah, it's almost gone.
I remember, (mama said) :
Chorus
[G] [C] [G]
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to wait.
[Bm] [Em] [Am] [D]
She said, love don't come easy, it's a game of give and take.
[G] [C] [G]
How long must I wait, how much more can I take,
[Bm] [Em] [Am] [D]
before loneliness will cause my heart, heart to break?
Verse 3
[Bm]
No, I can't bear to live my life alone,
[Em]
I grow impatient for a love to call my own.
[Am]
But when I feel that I, I can't go on,
[D] [D7]
these precious words keep me hanging on.I remember,(mama said):
Chorus
[G] [C] [G]
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to wait.
[Bm] [Em] [Am] [D]
She said, love don't come easy, it's a game of give and take.
[G] [C] [G]
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to wait.
[Bm] [Em] [Am] [D] - [G] ~
She said trust, give it time, no matter how long it takes.
Verse 4
[G] [C] - [G]
No, love, love, don't come easy,
[Bm] [Em] [Am] [D]
but I keep on waiting, anticipating
[G] [C] [G]
for that soft voice, to talk to me at night,
[Bm] [Em] [Am] [D]
for some tender arms, to hold me tight.
[G] [C] - [G]
I keep waiting, I keep on waiting,
[Bm] - [Em] [Am] [D]
But it ain't easy, it ain't easy. But mama said :
Chorus
[G] [C] [G]
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to wait.
[Bm] [Em] [Am] [D]
She said trust, give it time, no matter how long it takes.
[G] [C] [G]
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to wait.
[Bm] [Em] [Am] [D]
She said, love don't come easy, it's a game of give and take...
