I Can't Make You Love Me Uke tab by Bonnie Raitt

11 Chords used in the song: C, Cadd9, Cmaj7, Em, Esus4, Bm7, Em7, Am7, D, Dsus4, G

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Artist: 
Year:  1991
Difficulty: 
3.32
(Beginner)
Key: GChords and Tablature
Original key: +1.5 step(s) (original tuning)
Chord progression arranged for the Ukulele
[Intro]> [C C/E5th]-[Cadd9 Cadd9]-[Cmaj7 Cmaj7]-[Em Em]   <>   [Esus Esus]-[Em Em]-[Em Em]-[C C] 
[*Cadd9 Cadd9*]-[C C]-[Cmaj7 Cmaj7]-[Bm7 Bm7] <> [Bm7 Bm7]-[C C]
[C C]-[Em7 Em7] <> [Em7 Em7]-[C C] <> [C C]-[Bm7 Bm7]-[Am7 Am7]

[Simplified Intro]> [Cmaj7 Cmaj7] [Em7 Em7] [Em7 Em7] [Cadd9 Cadd9] [C C] [Bm7 Bm7] [Bm7 Bm7] [C C]
[C C] [Em7 Em7] [Em7 Em7] [C C] [C C] [Bm7 Bm7] [Am7 Am7]
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[Verse-1]
[C C]Turn [Cmaj7 Cmaj7]down the [Em7 Em7]lights,
[Em7 Em7]turn down the [C C]bed
T[C C]urn down these v[Bm7 Bm7]oices [Em Em]inside my h[Am7 Am7]ead
[C C]Lay [Cmaj7 Cmaj7]down with m[Em7 Em7]e,
[Em7 Em7]tell me no [C C]lies
[C C]Just hold me c[Bm7 Bm7]lose, [Em Em]don't patro[Am7 Am7]nize
Don't patron[Cadd9 Cadd9]ize [D D] [Dsus Dsus] [D D]
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[Chorus]
Cause I can't [C C]make you [G G]love me if you [C C]don't
You can't [C C]make your [G G]heart feel [Bm7 Bm7]something it [C C]won't
[Em7 Em7]Here in the [C C]dark, in [D D]these final [Em Em]hours
I will [Em7 Em7]lay down my [C C]heart and [D D]I'll feel the [Em Em]power
But [Am7 Am7]you won't, no [D D]you won't
'Cause I can't [Cadd9 Cadd9]make you [G G]love me, [C C]
if you [Cmaj7 Cmaj7]don't (right into the intro below)
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[C C/E5th] [Cadd9 Cadd9] [Cmaj7 Cmaj7] [Em Em] [Esus Esus]>[Em Em]>[Em Em][C C] [C C] [Bm7 Bm7] [Bm7 Bm7] [Am7 Am7]
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[Verse-2]
[C C]I'll [Cmaj7 Cmaj7]close my [Em7 Em7]eyes,
[Em7 Em7]then I won't [C C]see
The [C C]love you don't [Bm7 Bm7]feel when [Em Em]you're holding [Am7 Am7]me
[C C]Mor[Cmaj7 Cmaj7]ning will [Em7 Em7]come and [Em7 Em7] I'll do what's [C C]right
Just [C C]give me till [Bm7 Bm7]then to[Em Em]give up this [Am7 Am7]fight
And I will [Cadd9 Cadd9]give up this [D D]fight [Dsus Dsus] [D D]
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[Chorus]
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[Intro] repeat / fade (solo)

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About this song: I Can't Make You Love Me

"I Can't Make You Love Me" is a 1991 popular song, written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by Bonnie Raitt on her Luck of the Draw album from that year. According to the I Can't Make You Love Me Songfacts, Reid got the idea for the song from a newspaper article about a guy who got drunk and shot up his girlfriend's car. When the judge sentenced him and asked him what he had learned, he said, "You can't make a woman love you if she don't."

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