VERSE 1:
I need [F#] love, love to [B] ease my mind [F#]
And I need [A#m] to find find [D#m]
Someone to [B] call mine, my [C#7] Mama said

CHORUS 1:
You [F#] can't hurry love, no you [B] just have to [F#] wait
She said [A#m] love don't come [D#m] easy
[B] It's a game of [C#7] give and take

CHORUS 2:
You [F#] can't hurry love, no you'll [B] just have to [F#] wait
You gotta [A#m] trust on a [D#m] good time
No [B] matter how [C#7] long it takes

BRIDGE 1:
[A#m] How many heartaches must I stand
Before I [D#m] find the love, to let me live again
Right now the [B] only thing, that keeps me hangin' on
When I [C#5] feel my strength [C#6], oh it's [C#maj7] almost gone
I re-[C#]-member Mama said

REPEAT CHORUS 1:

CHORUS 3:
How [F#] long must I wait, how much [B] more can I [F#] take
Before [A#m] loneli-[D#m]-ness
Will [B] cause my heart, [C#7] heart to break

BRIDGE 2:
No, [A#m] I can't bear, to live my life alone
I grow im-[D#m]-patient for a love, to call my own
But when I [B] feel that I, I can't go on
These [C#7] precious words [C#6] keep me [C#maj7] hanging on
I re-[C#]-member (mama said)

REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2:

BREAK: [F#] (similar to intro)

VERSE 4:
No, [F#] love, love, don't come [B] easy [F#]
But I [A#m] keep on [D#m] waiting, ant-[B]-ici-[C#7]-pating
For that [F#] soft voice, to talk to [B] me at [F#] night
For some [A#m] tender [D#m] arms, to [B] hold me [C#7] tight
I keep [F#] waiting, I keep on [B] waiting [F#]
But it ain't [A#m] easy [D#m], it ain't [B] easy, but [C#7] mama said

REPEAT CHORUS 1:

BREAK: [F#] (similar to intro)