You can't hurry love
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
2. 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
4. 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...
(capo 3rd)
(Diana Ross & The Supremes)