You Can't Hurry Love — The Supremes
Chords and lyrics for You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes (key of G).
Verse 1
I [G]need love, love, to [C]ease my mind,[G]
I [Bm]need to [Em]find, find, [Am]someone to call mine. [D]But mama said:
Chorus
You can't[G] hurry love, no,[C] you just have to [G]wait.
[Bm]She said, love don't [Em]come [Am]easy, it's a game of [D]give and take.
[G]You can't hurry [C]love, no, you just [G]have to wait,
you[Bm] got [Em]to trust, give it [Am]time, no matter how[D] long it takes.
Verse 2
But how [Bm]many heartaches must I stand,
before I [Em]find a love to let me live again.
Right now the [Am]only thing that keeps me hangin' on,
[D]when I feel my strength, yeah, it's almost [D7]gone.
I remember, (mama said) :
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You can't[G] hurry love, no, [C]you just have to [G]wait.
[Bm]She said, love don't [Em]come [Am]easy, it's a game of [D]give and take.
[G]How long must I wait, how[C] much more can[G] I take,
[Bm]before [Em]loneliness [Am]will cause my heart, [D]heart to break?
Verse 3
No, I [Bm]can't bear to live my life alone,
I [Em]grow impatient for a love to call my own.
But when[Am] I feel that I, I can't go on,
[D]these precious words keep [D7]me hanging on.I remember,(mama said):
Chorus
[G]You can't hurry love, [C]no, you just have to[G] wait.
She[Bm] said, love don't come[Em] [Am]easy, it's a game of give[D] and take.
[G]You can't hurry love, no,[C] you just have to [G]wait.
Bm Em Am D - G ~
She said trust, give it time, no matter how long it takes.
Verse 4
No, love,[G] love, don't [C]come easy,[G]
but[Bm] I keep [Em]on waiting, [Am][D]anticipating
[G]for that soft voice, to talk to[C] me at [G]night,
for[Bm] some [Em]tender arms, [Am]to hold me [D]tight.
I [G]keep waiting, I keep[C] on [G]waiting,
But [Bm]it ain't[Em] easy, [Am] it ain't [D]easy. But mama said :
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[G]You can't hurry [C]love, no, you just [G]have to wait.
[Bm]She said trust, [Em]give it [Am]time, no matter how [D]long it takes.
[G]You can't hurry [C]love, no, you just [G]have to wait.
She[Bm] said, love don't come [Em]easy,[Am] it's a game of give [D]and take...
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