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(F)Turn down the (Am7)lights,
turn down the (F)bed,
turn down the (C)voic es
(Am7)in side my (Dm7)head.
(F)Lay down with (Am7)me,
tell me no (F)lies.
Just hold me (C)close,
(Am7)don’t pa tron (Dm7)ize.
Don’t pa tron (C)ize
(G)me.
’Cause I can’t (F)make you (C)love me if you don’t.
You can’t make your (C)heart feel
some thing it (F)won’t.
(Am7)Here in the (C)dark
in (G)these fi nal (Am7)hours,
I will lay down my (C)heart
and (G)I’ll feel the (Am7)pow er.
But (Dm7)you won’t,
no, (C)you (G)won’t.
’Cause I can’t (F)make you (C)love me
if you (Am7)don’t.
(F)I’ll close my (Am7)eyes,
then I won’t (F)see
the love you don’t (C)feel
when (Am7)you’re hold in’ (Dm7)me.
(F)Morn in’ will (Am7)come
and I’ll do what’s (F)right.
Just give me till (C)then
to (Am7)give up this (Dm7)fight.
And I will give up this fight.
’Cause I can’t
This page shows “I Can't Make You Love Me” by Bonnie Raitt in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 63 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.