JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Sejak pertama kali dipopulerkan penyanyi asal Amerika, Bonnie Raitt, pada 1991, lagu “I Can’t Make You Love Me” telah di-cover banyak musisi.
Salah satunya grup band indie folk asal Amerika Serikat, Bon Iver, yang merilis versi cover “I Can’t Make You Love Me” sebagai B-side dari singel “Calgary”.
Singel “Calgary” sendiri dimuat dalam album eponim Bon Iver yang juga merupakan album studio kedua mereka.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Skinny Love dari Bon Iver
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu “I Can’t Make You Love Me” dari Bon Iver.
[Intro]
F / Am7 / G / F / F / C / Am7 / G / Am7 / A#
[Verse]
F Am7
Turn down the lights;
G Am7
Turn down the bed.
F C
Turn down these voices
Am7 G Am7
Inside my head.
F Am7
Lay down with me;
G Am7
Tell me no lies.
F C
Just hold me close;
Am7 Dm7
Don't patronize me.
Dm7 Gsus G
Don't patronize me.
[Chorus]
F C
Cause I can't make you love me
Am7 G
If you don't.
G F C/E
You can't make your heart feel
Em Am7 G
Something it won't.
Am7 Dm7
Here in the dark
G Am7
In these final hours,
F Am7
I will lay down my heart
G Am7
And I'll feel the power;
Dm7
But you don't.
G Gsus (one strum)
No, you don't.
F C
Cause I can't make you love me
Dm7
If you don't
Fadd9 (Proceed to Bridge)
If you don't