I Can't Make You Love Me Chords

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I Can't Make You Love Me by Bon Iver is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Am, C, G, Dm and Gsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
16
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Intro: F   Am   Am   F   F   C   Am   G  

Verse:
 
F                 Am 
Turn down the lights; 
Am                    F 
Turn down the bed. 
F                     C 
Turn down these voices 
Am                 Dm 
Inside my head. 

F                     Am 
Lay down with me; 
Am                 F 
Tell me no lies. 
  F                  C 
Just hold me close; 
Am                 Dm 
Don't patronize. 

Dm                    Gsus4   G 
Don't patronize me. 

 
                       F                 C 
Cause I can't make you love me 
    Dm 
If you don't. 
                F                  C 
You can't make your heart feel 
  Am                  Am  G 
Something it won't. 
Am              F 
Here in the dark 
     G               Am 
In these final hours, 
    Am                     F 
I will lay down my heart 
 G                       Am 
And I'll feel the power; 
              Dm 
But you don't. 
               G 
No, you don't. 
                       F              C 
Cause I can't make you love me 
            Dm 
If you don't.
   

Bridge Intro: F   Am   Am   F   F   C   Am   G  

Verse:
 
F                  Am 
I'll close my eyes, 
Am                  F 
Then I won't see 
F                    C 
The love you don't feel 
Am                G 
When you're holding me. 

F                  Am 
Morning will come, 
Am                        F 
And I'll do what's right; 
F                        C 
Just give me till then 
Am                   G 
To give up this fight. 

Dm                              G 
And I will give up this fight. 

 
                       F                 C 
Cause I can't make you love me 
    Dm 
If you don't. 
                F                  C 
You can't make your heart feel 
  Am                  Am  G 
Something it won't. 
Am              F 
Here in the dark 
     G               Am 
In these final hours, 
    Am                     F 
I will lay down my heart 
 G                       Am 
And I'll feel the power; 
              Dm 
But you don't. 
               G 
No, you don't. 
                       F              C 
Cause I can't make you love me 
            Dm 
If you don't. 
            F 
If you don't. 

Bridge Intro: F   Am   Am   F   F   C   Am   G 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante