Raitt Bonnie - I Cant Make You Love Me guitar tab
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)
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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:
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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
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}
