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Adam Rafferty – ‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’ – Bonnie Raitt – Solo Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar

By Adam Rafferty 7 Comments


Hi Friends…here’s a gorgeous, heart wrenching song – written by Mike Reid (a retired NFL defensive lineman!) and Allen Shamblin and recorded by Bonnie Raitt on her Luck of the Draw album.

In August 2000, Mojo magazine voted “I Can’t Make You Love Me” #8 on its The 100 Greatest Songs Of All Time list… My personal favorite versions are the Bonnie Raitt ones! πŸ™‚ Enjoy!!!
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I’m Adam Rafferty – a guitar player born and raised in New York City, and currently spending most of my time on tour playing concerts and coaching my guitar students online at StudyWithAdam.com

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  1. Steve says

    August 6, 2010 at 1:42 am

    Didn’t Mike Reid write this son? Your arrangement is much closer to his original (piano) version than it is to Bonnie Rait’s cover, which I think is a good thing.

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  2. Mike says

    January 16, 2011 at 5:42 pm

    How does one obtain tabs for this wonderful arrangement of the song?

    Reply
  3. Kurtis McDermid says

    May 17, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    Probably one of if not the best cover I have ever heard of this song, instrumental or otherwise. I am definitely going to use some of this next time I play this song at a gig.

    Thank you for this amazing cover

    Reply
  4. cristina says

    August 23, 2014 at 4:46 am

    i can’t download the tabs…i don’t know if the link Works or if i am wrong doing something! heelp!! i need to play it it’s so perfeeect

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    • adamrafferty says

      September 2, 2014 at 8:01 pm

      C – did you figure it out?

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      • Rooney says

        February 27, 2015 at 7:30 pm

        How can I go about downloading the tabs for this arrangement?

        Reply
        • adamrafferty says

          October 28, 2015 at 4:48 am

          No tabs yet, but they will come soon on studywithadam.com

          Reply

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