(*If the A7 doesn't sound right, I'm not sure of the  
naming of the chord, but you would play it like xx2000) 
 
Intro<: G 
 
G                    C       G 
I need love, love to ease my mind 
          D        A7           C  
I need to find, find someone to call mine 
 
D                 G 
But mama said you can't hurry love 
 
C                       G 
No, you'll just have to wait 
 
D                        A7 
She said love don't come easy 
 
C              D 
It's a game of give and take 
 
G                              C            G 
I can't hurry love, no, you'll just have to wait 
 
           D              A7 
You got to trust, give it time 
 
C             D 
No matter how long it takes 
 
     
    A7                         C 
But how many heartaches must I stand 
Before I find the love to let me live again 
Right now the only thing that keeps me hanging on 
 
       D              Dsus4 
When I feel my strength,   yeah it's almost gone 
 
 
I remember mama said 
You can't hurry love 
No you'll just have to wait 
She said love don't come easy 
It's a game of give and take 
How long must I wait, how much more must I take 
Before lonliness, will cause my heart, heart to break? 
 
No, I cant bear to lve my life alone 
I grow impatient for a love to call my own 
But when I feel that I, I can't go on 
These precious words keep me hangin' on 
 
I remember mama sayin' you can't hurry love 
No, you'll just have to wait 
She said love don't come easy 
It's a game of give and take 
I can't hurry love 
No, you'll just have to wait 
She said trust, give it time 
No matter how long it takes, gotta wait! 
 
No 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, I keep on waiting 
But it ain't easy (it ain't easy) 
No, you know it ain't easy 
 
When mama said 
You can't hurry love 
No, you'll just have to wait 
She said, trust give it time, no matter how long it takes 
She said love don't come easy it's a game of give and take