Bonnie Raitt I Can't Make You Love Me
[Capo III Eb original key]
(Chords)
C/E5th : 032050
Cadd9 : 032033
Cmaj7 : 032000
Em7 : 022033
Esus : 022200
Bm7 : X24232
Dsus : 000233
*Cadd9* : 032030
[Intro]
C/E5th Cadd9 Cmaj7 Em - Esus Em Em C
*Cadd9* C CMaj7 Bm7 - Bm7 C
C Em7 Em7 C - C Bm7 Am7
[Simplified Intro]
Cmaj7 Em7 Em7 Cadd9 C Bm7 Bm7 C
C Em7 Em7 C C Bm7 Am7
[Verse 1]
C Cmaj7 Em7
Turn down the lights,
Em7 C
turn down the bed
C Bm7 Em Am7
Turn down these voices inside my head
C Cmaj7 Em7
Lay down with me,
Em7 C
tell me no lies
C Bm7 Em Am7
Just hold me close, don't patronize
Cadd9 D Dsus D
Don't patronize me
[Chorus]
C G C
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
C G Bm7 C
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Em7 C D Em
Here in the dark, in these final hours
Em7 C D Em
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
Am7 D
But you won't, no you won't
Cadd9 G
'Cause I can't make you love me,
C Cmaj7
if you don't
(right into the intro below)
C/E5th Cadd9 Cmaj7 Em Esus Em EmC C Bm7 Bm7 Am7
(or simplified)
Cmaj7 Em7 Em7 Cadd9 C Bm7 Bm7 C
C Em7 Em7 C C Bm7 Am7
[Verse]
C Cmaj7 Em7
I'll close my eyes,
Em7 C
then I won't see
C Bm7 Em Am7
The love you don't feel when you're holding me
C Cmaj7 Em7 Em7 C
Morning will come and I'll do what's right
C Bm7 Em Am7
Just give me till then to give up this fight
Cadd9 D Dsus D
And I will give up this fight
[Chorus]
C G C
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
C G Bm7 C
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Em7 C D Em
Here in the dark, in these final hours
Em7 C D Em
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
Am7 D
But you won't, no you won't
Cadd9 G
'Cause I can't make you love me,
C Cmaj7
if you don't
[Intro]
C/E5th Cadd9 Cmaj7 Em - Esus Em Em C
*Cadd9* C CMaj7 Bm7 - Bm7 C
C Em7 Em7 C - C Bm7 Am7
(repeat)
[Solo]