Originally in Bb, Phil Collins in G, I play in D
Intro
E |
Vox on 5 6 on “need love”
E | A | E | |
I need | love, love to | ease my mind |
G#m | C#m | |
I need to | find, find |
F#m | |
Someone to | call mine |
B | |
But | mama said |
E | |
You | can’t hurry love |
A | E | |
No you | just have to | wait |
G#m | C#m | |
She said | love don’t come | easy |
F#m | B |
It’s a game of | give and take |
Vox on 4 on “can’t”
E | |
You | can’t hurry love |
A | E | |
No you | just have to | wait |
G#m | C#m | |
You gotta | trust, | give it time |
F#m | B | |
No | matter how | long it takes |
Vox on the 5 of the chord on “how many”
G#m | |
But | how many heartaches must I stand |
Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “find”
C#m | |
Before I | find the love to let me live again |
F#m | |
Right now the | only thing that keeps me hangin’ on |
Vox on the 3 of the chord on “feel”
B | B/G# | B/A | |
When I | feel my strength | , yeah, its | almost gone |
B7 | |
I re | member mama said |
Maybe skip this line vocally, it’s a rush to get back to the chorus in time
E | |
You | can’t hurry love |
A | E | |
No you | just have to | wait |
G#m | C#m | |
She said | love don’t come | easy |
F#m | B |
It’s a game of | give and take |
E | |
How | long must I wait? |
A | E | |
How much | more can I | take |
G#m | C#m | |
Before | loneli | ness |
F#m | B | |
Will | cause my heart, | heart to break? |
G#m | |
No | I can’t bear to live my life alone |
C#m | |
I grow im | patient for a love to call my own |
F#m | |
But when I | feel that I, I can’t go on |
B | B/G# | B/A | |
These | precious words | keeps me | hangin’ on |
B7 | |
I re | member mama said |
E | |
You | can’t hurry love |
A | E | |
No you | just have to | wait |
G#m | C#m | |
She said | love don’t come | easy |
F#m | B |
It’s a game of | give and take |
E | |
You | can’t hurry love |
A | E | |
No you | just have to | wait |
G#m | C#m | |
She said | trust, | give it time |
F#m | B | |
No | matter how | long it takes |
E |
Break! |
E | A | E | |
No | love, love don’t come | easy |
G#m | C#m | F#m | B | |
But I | keep on | waiting, an | tici | pating |
E | A | E | |
For that | soft voice to talk to | me at night |
G#m | C#m | F#m | B | |
For some | tender | arms to | hold me | tight |
E | A | E | |
I keep | waiting, I keep on | waiting |
G#m | C#m | F#m | B | |
But it ain’t | easy, | it ain’t | easy, but | mama said |
(Chorus)
E | |
You | can’t hurry love |
A | E | |
No you | just have to | wait |
G#m | C#m | |
She said: | Love don’t come | easy |
F#m | B | |
But | it’s a game of | give and take |
E | |
You | can’t hurry love |
A | E | |
No you | just have to | wait |
G#m | C#m | |
Just | trust on a | good time |
F#m | B | |
No | matter how | long it takes |
E | |
You | can’t hurry love |
A | E | |
No you | just have to | wait |
G#m | C#m | |
She said: | Love don’t come | easy |
F#m | B | |
But | it’s a game of | give and take |
E | |
You | can’t hurry love |
A | E | |
No you | just have to | wait |
G#m | C#m | |
She said | trust, | give it time |
F#m | B | |
No | matter how | long it takes |
E | |
You | can’t hurry love |
A | E | |
No you | just have to | wait |