G C - G
1 I need love love to ease my mind
Bm - Em Am D
I need to find find someone to call mine But mama said
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
I remember mama said
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
3 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
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
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