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. 
 

    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. 
D7 
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? 
 

    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. 
 

    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.