I Cant Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt


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Song:    I Can't Make You Love Me
Artist:  Bonnie Raitt
Writers: Mike Reid
         Allen Shamblin

Capo III


[Intro]

               
              


[Verse 1]

             
Turn down the 

           
lights, turn d

        
own the bed
              
Turn down thes

        
e voices insid

      
e my head 
             
Lay down with 

           
me, tell me no

 
 lies
             
Just hold me c

/         
lose, don't pa

           
tronize - don'

         
t patronize me

 


[Chorus]

           
Cause I can't 

            
make you love 

          
me if you don'

t
              
You can't make

             
 your heart fe

           
el something i

  
t won't
         
Here in the da

         
rk, in these f

      
inal hours 
              
I will lay dow

           
n my heart and

          
 I'll feel the

 
 power 
           
But you won't,

       
 no you won't
              
'Cause I can't

            
 make you love

          
 me, if you do

         
n't 


[Verse 2]

             
I'll close my 

           
eyes, then I w

     
on't see
              
The love you d

           
on't feel when

           
 you're holdin

   
g me
            
Morning will c

            
ome and I'll d

          
o what's right
              
Just give me t

         
ill then to gi

          
ve up this fig

 
ht
              
And I will giv

            
e up this figh

     
t 


[Chorus]

           
Cause I can't 

            
make you love 

          
me if you don'

t
              
You can't make

             
 your heart fe

           
el something i

  
t won't
         
Here in the da

         
rk, in these f

      
inal hours 
              
I will lay dow

           
n my heart and

          
 I'll feel the

 
 power 
           
But you won't,

       
 no you won't
              
'Cause I can't

            
 make you love

          
 me, if you do

         
n't


[Outro]

        
          
        
          
      
          

+--------+
| Chords |
+--------+
      X32010
    020002
    X20003
    020000
    X02010
    XX0003
      XX0232
      320003
    X30003
   200232
  103010

+-------+
| Notes |
+-------+
Listen to the 
The end of the

song to get th
 song is basic

e timing of th
ally oohs alon

e chords.
g with the cho

rds used for t

he verses.

Every other line at the end alternates between the C and the Am7 as the last chord of the phrase.

The final chord is an Fmaj9 which is a very dissonant chord.
That is how it is played in the song.

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