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: 

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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}