I Can't Make You Love Me Chords
by Bon Iver
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.
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