G            C           G   
I need love, love to ease my mind 
               Bm      Em            Am   
and I need to find time, someone to call mine.
    D7sus4 D7
My Mama  said:
 

     G                        C            G 
You can't hurry love  no you just have to wait.
           Bm             Em                Am      D7
She said: Love don't come easy, but it's a game of give and take.
     G                           C            G
You can't hurry love. No you'll just have to wait.
      Bm         Em            Am         D7sus4   D7
Just trust on a good time, no matter how long it takes.
 

 Bm
How many heartaches must I stand, 
          Em
before I find the love to let me live again.
              C
Right now the only thing, that keeps me hangin' on,
        D7                        C                 D7sus4 D7
when I feel my strenghth, oh it's almost gone, I remember Mama said:
 

     G                        C            G 
You can't hurry love  no you just have to wait.
           Bm            Em                Am      D7
She said: Love don't come easy, but it's a game of give and take.
     G                          C           G
How long must I wait? How much more must I take,
        Bm   Em        Am              D7sus4 D7
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.
            C
But when I feel that I, I can't go on.
            D7                     C             D7sus4  D7
Well these Precious words keep me hangin' on, I remember Mama said: 

 
     G                        C            G 
You can't hurry love  no you just have to wait.
          Bm             Em                Am      D7
She said: Love don't come easy, but it's a game of give and take.
     G                           C            G
You can't hurry love. No you'll just have to wait.
      Bm         Em            Am         D7sus4   D7
Just trust on a good time, no matter how long it takes.
 

      G
Now break!

 
     G                    C     G
Now love, love don't come easy, 
       Bm      Em         Am  D7sus4 D7
but I keep on waiting, anticipating 
          G                     C     G
for that soft voice to talk to me at night, 
          Bm    Em       Am      D7            
for some tender arms to hold me tight. 
        G            C            G
I keep waiting, oh 'till that say,  
             Bm   Em                    Am     D7sus4 D7 
but it ain't easy no, you know it ain't easy- My Mama said: 
 

      G                        C            G 
You can't hurry love  no you just have to wait.
           Bm            Em                Am      D7
She said: Love don't come easy, but it's a game of give and take.
     G                           C            G
You can't hurry love. No you'll just have to wait.
     Bm         Em            Am         D7sus4   D7
Just trust on a good time, no matter how long it tak