Stray Cats – You Cant Hurry Love (Guitar)

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As recorded by the Stray Cats (1981 single release) [Intro] E [Verse 1]
E
I need love love

   A
To ease my mind

E           G#m
I need some fine fine

C#m        F#m
Someone to call mine

       B
But my mama said
[Chorus]
    E
You can't hurry love

       A            E
No you just have to wait

G#m             C#m
Love don't come easy

F#m            B
It's a game of give and take

       E
R O C K
[Verse 2]
E                    A
Love love don't come easy

      G#m     C#m     F#m     B
Yet I keep on waiting anticipating

         E
For that soft voice

        A          E
Talk to me at night

          G#m    C#m 
For those tender arms

        F#m
Wrapped around me tight

       B
But my mama said
[Chorus]
    E
You can't hurry love

       A            E
No you just have to wait

G#m             C#m
Love don't come easy

F#m            B
It's a game of give and take

    E
How long can I wait

         A          E
How much more can I take

       G#m   C#m  F#m
Before loneliness cause my heart

B
Heart to break
[Bridge]
    G#m
Now I can't stand

G#m
To live my life alone

         C#m
I grow impatient for a lover

C#m
To call my own

       F#m
Well I feel that I

F#m
That I can't go on

          B
But those precious words

B
Keep me hangin' on

B
Well my mama said
[Chorus]
    E
You can't hurry love

       A            E
No you just have to wait

G#m             C#m
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
Love don't come easy

F#m            B
It's a game of give and take

       E
R O C K
[Interlude] E [Guitar Solo] E A E G#m C#m F#m B E A E G#m C#m F#m B [Verse 3]
E                    A
Love love don't come easy

      G#m     C#m     F#m     B
Yet I keep on waiting anticipating

         E
For that soft voice

        A          E
Talk to me at night

          G#m    C#m
For those tender arms

        F#m
Wrapped around me tight

       B
But my mama said
[Chorus]
    E
You can't hurry love

       A            E
No you just have to wait

G#m             C#m
Love don't come easy

F#m            B
It's a game of give and take

    E
How long can I wait

         A          E
How much more can I take

       G#m   C#m  F#m
Before loneliness cause my heart

B
Heart to break
[Bridge]
     G#m
Well how many heartaches must I stand

         C#m
Before I find a love to let me live again

             F#m
Well now the only thing

F#m
That keeps me hangin' on

      B
Those precious words

B
Keep me hangin' on

B
Well my mama said
[Chorus]
    E
You can't hurry love

       A            E
No you just have to wait

G#m             C#m
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
Love don't come easy

F#m            B
It's a game of give and take

       E
R O C K
[Outro] E