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 |