You Can't Hurry Love

Intro: 0:00
G | G | G | G
G!

Verse 1: 0:06
        G
I need love, love,
       C        G
Oh, to ease my mind,
               Bm
And I need to find time
Em            Am
  Someone to call mine.
    D
My Mama said:

Chorus 1: 0:16
     G
You can't hurry love,
            C            G
No, you'll just have to wait,
           Bm             Em
She said, love don't come easy,
    Am              D
But it's a game of give and take.
0:26
     G
You can't hurry love,
            C            G
No, you'll just have to wait,
       Bm        Em
Just trust in a good time,
    Am         D       D7
No matter how long it takes.

Bridge 1: 0:36
     Bm
But how many heartaches must I stand
          Em
Before I find the love to let me live again?
0:46
              Am
Right now the only thing that keeps me hangin' on,
        D
When I feel my strength,
          D7
Ooh, it's almost gone.
     D           G ->
I remember Mama said:

Chorus 2: 0:56
     G
You can't hurry love,
            C            G
No, you'll just have to wait,
           Bm             Em
She said, love don't come easy,
Am              D
It's a game of give and take.
1:06
     G
How long must I wait?
          C           G
How much more must I take
        Bm    Em
Before loneliness
      Am              D         D7
Will cause my heart, heart to break?

Bridge 2: 1:16
    Bm
No, I can't bear to live a life alone.
          Em
I grow impatient for a love to call my own.
1:25
            Am
But when I feel that I, I can't go on,
              D
Well, these precious words
         D7
Keep me hangin' on.
     D           G ->
I remember Mama said:

Chorus 3: 1:35
     G
You can't hurry love,
            C            G
No, you'll just have to wait,
           Bm             Em
She said, love don't come easy,
    Am              D
But it's a game of give and take.
1:45
     G
You can't hurry love,
            C            G
No, you'll just have to wait,
       Bm        Em
Just trust in a good time,
    Am         D       D7
No matter how long it takes.

Break: 1:55
      G!
Now break!

Verse 2: 1:57
     G
Now love, love
           C  G
Don't come easy,
       Bm      Em
But I keep on waiting,
   Am  D7
Anticipating
2:07
          G
For that soft voice
            C     G
To talk to me at night,
          Bm    Em
For some tender arms
    Am      D
To hold me tight.
2:17
        G
I keep waiting,
      C         G
Ooh, till that day,
             Bm
But it ain't easy,
 Em                    Am
No, you know, it ain't easy.
    D
My Mama said:

Chorus 4: 2:27
     G
You can't hurry love,
            C            G
No, you'll just have to wait,
           Bm             Em
She said, love don't come easy,
    Am              D
But it's a game of give and take.
2:37
     G
You can't hurry love,
            C            G
No, you'll just have to wait,
           Bm             Em
She said, love don't come easy,
Am              D
It's a game of give and take.

Coda: 2:47
     G
You can't hurry love,
         C            G
No, you just have to wait..