G                              C            G
I need love, love, to ease my mind,
                Bm      Em                         Am                    D
I need to find, find,      someone to call mine. But mama said:

               G                               C                    G
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to wait.
                Bm                       Em      Am                 D
She said, love don't come easy, it's a game of give and take.
         G                                      C                   G
You can't hurry love, no, you just have to wait,
                 Bm              Em            Am              D
you got to trust, give it time, no matter how long it takes.

               Bm
But how many heartaches must I stand,
              Em
before I find a love to let me live again.
                          Am
Right now the only thing that keeps me hangin' on,
   D                                                                 D7
when I feel my strength, yeah, it's almost gone.   I remember, (mama said) :

Chorus

        Bm
No, I can't bear to live my life alone,
                Em
I grow impatient for a love to call my own.
                    Am
But when I feel that I, I can't go on,
         D                                         D7
these precious words keep me hanging on.I remember,(mama said):

 
Chorus
 

         G                                C   G
No, love, love, don't come easy,
        Bm         Em              Am D
but I keep on waiting, anticipating 
 G                                             C        G
for that soft voice, to talk to me at night,
       Bm              Em          Am         D
for some tender arms, to hold me tight.
            G                             C      G
I keep waiting, I keep on waiting,
                Bm                  Em               Am             D
But it ain't easy,         it ain't easy. But mama said :

 
Chorus