| Cmaj7 | Bm7/E | |
| Turn down the l | ights, |
| Bm7 | Cmaj7 | |
| t | urn down the b | ed |
| C | Bm7 | Em | Am7 | |
| T | urn down these v | oices | inside my h | ead |
| Cmaj7 | Bm7/E | |
| L | ay down with m | e, |
| Bm7 | Cmaj7 | |
| t | ell me no l | ies |
| C | Bm7 | Em | Am7 | |
| Just hold me c | lose, | don't patro | nize |
| Cmaj7 | Dsus4 | D | |
| Don't patron | ize me |
| CHORUS: |
| C | G | Cmaj7 | Am7 | |
| Cause I can't m | ake you l | ove me if you d | on't |
| C | G | Bm7 | Cmaj7 | |
| You can't m | ake your h | eart feel s | omething it w | on't |
| Em7 | Cmaj7 | D | Em | |
| H | ere in the d | ark, in t | hese final h | ours |
| Em | Cmaj7 | D | Em7 | |
| I will l | ay down my h | eart and I | 'll feel the p | ower |
| Am7 | Dsus4 | D | |
| But y | ou won't, no y | ou won't |
| Cmaj7 | Bm7 | Cmaj7 | |
| 'Cause I can't m | ake you l | ove me, |
| Cmaj7 | |
| if you d | on't |
| Bm7/E Bm7 Cmaj7, C Bm7 Em Am7 |
| Cmaj7 | Bm7/E | |
| I | 'll close my e | yes, |
| Bm7 | Cmaj7 | |
| t | hen I won't s | ee |
| C | Bm7 | Em | Am7 | |
| The l | ove you don't f | eel when y | ou're holding m | e |
| Cmaj7 | Bm7/E | Bm7 | Cmaj7 | |
| M | orning will c | ome and I | 'll do what's r | ight |
| C | Bm7 | Em | Am7 | |
| J | ust give me till t | hen to g | ive up this f | ight |
| Cmaj7 | Dsus4 | D | |
| And I will g | ive up this f | ight |
| 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 | E | A | D | |
| Turn down the | lights, | turn down the | bed |
| Dmaj7 F#m7 F#m7/E D |
| D | Amaj7 | A | E | |
| Turn down these | voices | inside my | head |
| D9 Amaj7 F#maj7 Bm |
| D | E | Amaj7 | D | |
| Lay down with | me, | tell me no | lies |
| Dmaj7 F#maj7 F#maj7/E D |
| Amaj7 | Bm | E+ | |
| Just hold me | close, don't | patronize - don't pa | tronize |
| D9 Amaj7 F#maj7 Bm Esus4 |
| E | |
| me |
| E |
| D | A | D | |
| Cause I can't | make you | love me if you | don't |
| Amaj7 D A D |
| D | A | Dmaj7 | |
| You can't | make your | heart feel something it | won't |
| D A F#m D Dmaj7 |
| D | A | F#m | |
| Here in the | dark, in these lonely | hours |
| F#m7 A E F#m |
| D | A | Dmaj7 | |
| I will | lay down my | heart and I'll feel the | power |
| F#m7 A E F#m |
| 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 |
| F#m7 F#m7/E.... |
| D | E | A | D | |
| I'll close my | eyes, | then I won't | see |
| D | Amaj7 | A | 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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