Guitar chords I Cant Make You Love Me

I Cant Make You Love Me was penned by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin. It was inspired by a court report about a man who shot at his girlfriends tires, claiming he couldnt make her love him. Reid felt that this notion perfectly summed up the concept of not being able to control anothers love and, together with Shamblin, crafted the song. Bonnie Raitt recorded the song for her 1991 album Luck of the Draw, making it one of the standout singles of her ... See more [+]

Key:  C
Introduction:
C
  
Em9
  
C
  G2/B    
Em7
  
Am7
  x4 
C
  Em7(4) 
C
  
G/B
  
Am7
  
C
             
Em7
                   
C
 
Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
                
G/B
     
Em7
      
Am7
 
Turn down these voices inside my head
C
             
Em7
            
C
 
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
             
G/B
    
Em7
       
Am7
 
Just hold me close, don't patronize
           
G/D
   
D
 
Don't patronize me

G/B
           
C
        
G
               
C
 
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
                     
G
         
G/B
           
C
 
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Em7
         
C/G
      
D
         
Em7
 
Here in the dark, in these final hours
                   
C/G
       
D
          
Em7
 
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
    
Am7
             
G/D
  
D
 
But you won't, no, you won't
              
C
         
G
     
C/G
       
C
    
Em7
  
C
  
G/B
  
Am7
 
Cause I can't make you love me  if you don't

C
             
Em7
                 
C
 
I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
                   
G/B
       
Em7
            
Am7
 
The love you don't feel when you're holding me
C
            
Em7
                     
C
 
Morning will come and I'll do what's right
                  
G/B
      
Em7
          
Am7
 
Just give me till then to give up this fight
           
G/D
           
D
 
And I will give up this fight

G/B
           
C
        
G
               
C
 
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
                     
G
         
G/B
           
C
 
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Em7
         
C/G
      
D
         
Em7
 
Here in the dark, in these final hours
                   
C/G
       
D
          
Em7
 
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
    
Am7
             
G/D
  
D
 
But you won't, no, you won't
              
C
         
G
     
C/G
       
C
    
Em7
  
C
  
G/B
  
Am7
 
Cause I can't make you love me  if you don't

C
  
Em7
    
C
   
G/B
    
Am7
 
C
  
Em7
    
C
   
G/B
    
Am7
 
C
  
Em
    
C
   
G/B
    
Am7
 
C
  
Em7
    
C
   
G/B
    
C
    
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