Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt - I Cant Make You Love Me guitar chord
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# From: bearce@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Phil Bearce) >From phil@hpmsfpb.sj.hp.com Tue Jul 28 11:40 PDT 1992 Someone requested this one, and this is my best guess at the chords. I don't know the name of the (E+) chord, but I drew it above the first one. If someone knows the right chords, please help me out here. I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME as recorded by Bonnie Raitt (in other words, I don't know who wrote it) ______ D E A D |||||| Turn down the lights, turn down the bed ++++++ D Amaj7 OOO||| Turn down these voices inside my head ++++++ D E Amaj7 D |||||| Lay down with me, tell me no lies (_______) Amaj7 Bm E+ E Just hold me close, don't patronize - don't patronize me D A D CHORUS: Cause I can't make you love me if you don't D A Dmaj7 You can't make your heart feel something it won't D A F#m Here in the dark, in these lonely hours D A Dmaj7 I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power Bm E+ E But you won't, no you won't D A Dmaj7 'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't D E A D I'll close my eyes, then I won't see D Amaj7 E The love you don't feel when you're holding me D E A D Morning will come and I'll do what's right D A E Just give me till then to give up this fight Bm E+ E And I will give up this fight CHORUS: ________________________________________________________________ From: StevenJ1@aol.com I Can't Make You Love Me (M. Reid/A. Shamblin) as recorded by Bonnie Raitt Capo III in Eb Cmaj7 Bm7/E Bm7 Cmaj7 C Bm7/E Bm7 Cmaj7 C Bm7 Am7 [Cmaj7]Turn down the l[Bm7/E]ights, t[Bm7]urn down the b[Cmaj7]ed T[C]urn down these v[Bm7]oices [Em]inside my h[Am7]ead L[Cmaj7]ay down with m[Bm7/E]e, t[Bm7]ell me no l[Cmaj7]ies [C]Just hold me c[Bm7]lose, [Em]don't patro[Am7]nize Don't patron[Cmaj7]ize me [Dsus4] [D] CHORUS: Cause I can't m[C]ake you l[G]ove me if you d[Cmaj7]on't [Am7] You can't m[C]ake your h[G]eart feel s[Bm7]omething it w[Cmaj7]on't H[Em7]ere in the d[Cmaj7]ark, in t[D]hese final h[Em]ours I will l[Em]ay down my h[Cmaj7]eart and I[D]'ll feel the p[Em7]ower But y[Am7]ou won't, no y[Dsus4]ou won't [D] 'Cause I can't m[Cmaj7]ake you l[Bm7]ove me, [Cmaj7] if you d[Cmaj7]on't Bm7/E Bm7 Cmaj7, C Bm7 Em Am7 I[Cmaj7]'ll close my e[Bm7/E]yes, t[Bm7]hen I won't s[Cmaj7]ee The l[C]ove you don't f[Bm7]eel when y[Em]ou're holding m[Am7]e M[Cmaj7]orning will c[Bm7/E]ome and I[Bm7]'ll do what's r[Cmaj7]ight J[C]ust give me till t[Bm7]hen to g[Em]ive up this f[Am7]ight And I will g[Cmaj7]ive up this f[Dsus4]ight [D] repeat CHORUS From: Len Moskowitz Cheryl posted nice chords. Here's a slightly different version with the chords I've selected notated under hers. I've also provided tab for the chords. I play it on a 12-string. Lovely song. I Can't Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt, from "Luck of the Draw") Capo up one Chord Tab Dmaj7 F#m7 F#m7/E D D9 Amaj7 Bm Bm/E Esus4 E A E 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 B 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 0 0 2 G 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 1 2 D 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 2 2 2 A x 4 4 x 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 E x 2 0 x x x 2 0 0 0 x Intro: Dmaj7 F#m7 F#m7/E D D9 Amaj7 F#m7 Bm/E Dmaj7 F#m7 F#m7/E D D9 Amaj7 Bm [D]Turn down the [E]lights, [A]turn down the [D]bed Dmaj7 F#m7 F#m7/E D [D]Turn down these [Amaj7]voices [A]inside my [E]head D9 Amaj7 F#maj7 Bm [D]Lay down with [E]me, [Amaj7]tell me no [D]lies Dmaj7 F#maj7 F#maj7/E D Just hold me [Amaj7]close, don't [Bm]patronize - don't pa[E+]tronize D9 Amaj7 F#maj7 Bm Esus4 [E]me E {soc} Cause I can't [D]make you [A]love me if you [D]don't Amaj7 D A D You can't [D]make your [A]heart feel something it [Dmaj7]won't D A F#m D Dmaj7 [D]Here in the [A]dark, in these lonely [F#m]hours F#m7 A E F#m I will [D]lay down my [A]heart and I'll feel the [Dmaj7]power F#m7 A E F#m But you [Bm]won't, no [E+]you [E]won't 'Cause I can't [D]make you [A]love me, if you [Dmaj7]don't {eoc} F#m7 F#m7/E.... [D]I'll close my [E]eyes, [A]then I won't [D]see [D]The love you don't [Amaj7]feel when [A]you're holding [E]me [D]Morning will [E]come and [A]I'll do what's [D]right Just [D]give me till [A]then to give up this [E]fight And I will [Bm]give up [E+]this [E]fight {c:chorus}