I Can't Make You Love Me chords by George Michael

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

C Bm7/E  Cadd9  G/B  Em7 Am7

C Bm7/E  Cadd9  G/B  Am7



🎸 Verse 1:

Cmaj9     Bm7/E         C
Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
        G/B   Em7   Am7
Turn down these voices inside my head
Cmaj9     Em7      C
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
       G/B  Em7    Am7
Just hold me close, don't patronize
      G/D  D
Don't patronize me

🎸 Chorus:

   G/B   C    G        Cmaj9
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
           G     G/B      C   D
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Em7     C    D/F#    Em7
Here in the dark, in these final hours
          Cmaj9   D/F#     Em7
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
  G/A Am7    G/D D
But you won't, no, you won't
   G/B   C    G    Cadd9
Cause I can't make you love me
    Cmaj9  Bm7/E     C  G/B  Am9
if you don't


🎸 Verse 2:

Cmaj9     Bm7/E       Cadd9
I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
          G/B    Em7      Am7
The love you don't feel when you're holding me
Cmaj9    Bm7/E           Cadd9
Morning will come and I'll do what's right
       G/B     Em7     Am7
Just give me till then to give up this fight
       G/B  Am7 G/D   D
And I will give up this fight


🎸 Chorus:

   G/B   C    G        Cmaj9
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
           G     G/B      C   D
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Em7     C    D/F#    Em7
Here in the dark, in these final hours
          Cmaj9   D/F#     Em7
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
  G/A Am7    G/D D
But you won't, no, you won't
   G/B   C    G    Cadd9
Cause I can't make you love me
    Cmaj9  Bm7/E     C  G/B  Em Am7
if you don't


C Bm7/E  C  G/B    Am7

C Bm7/E  C  G/B  Em Am7

C Bm7/E  C  G/B  Em Cadd9  Fmaj9




Note: Bm7/E may also be written as E9sus4.