| G | C | G | Bm | Em | Am | D | |
| I need | love, love to | ease my | mind and I need | to find ti | me, some | one to call mine. | My Mama said: |
| Refrain: |
| 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, 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 | D | D7 | |
| Just | trust on a | good time, no | matter how | long it | takes. |
| Strophe: |
| Bm | |
| How many heartaches must I stand, |
| Em | |
| before I | find the love to let me live again. |
| Am | |
| Right now the | only thing, that keeps me hangin' on, |
| D | D7 | D | |
| when I | feel my strenghth, oh it's | almost gone, I rem | ember Mama said: |
| Refrain: |
| You can't hurry love. No you just have to wait. |
| She said: Love don't come easy, but it's a game of give and take. |
| How long must I wait? How much more must I take, |
| before loneliness will 'cause my heart, heart to break? |
| Strophe: |
| No I can't bear to live my life alone. |
| I grow impatient for a love to call my own. |
| But when I feel that I, I can't go on. |
| Well these Precious words keep me hangin' on, I remember Mama said: |
| Refrain: |
| You can't hurry love. No you just have to wait. |
| She said: Love don't come easy, but it's a game of give and take. |
| You can't hurry love. No you'll just have to wait. G |
| Just trust on a good time, no matter how long it takes. Now break! |
| Strophe: (played like refrain) |
| Now love, love don't come easy, but I keep on waiting, anticipating for that |
| soft voice to talk to me at night, for some tender arms to hold me tight. |
| I keep waiting, oh 'til that say, but it ain't easy, no, you know it ain't easy. My Mama said: |
| Refrain: |
| You can't hurry love. No you just have to wait. |
| She said: Love don't come easy, but it's a game of give and take. |
| You can't hurry love. No you'll just have to wait. |
| Just trust on a good time, no matter how long it takes. |