Bob Dylan wrote it, Adele sang it, and somewhere in between roughly half the weddings on Earth adopted it as their official cry-in-public anthem. And here I am, alone with one guitar, trying to be the singer, the pianist and the string section all at once — because apparently hiring people is expensive and I have trust issues.
This is a MelodyChords arrangement of Make You Feel My Love: melody on top, chords underneath, all coming out of a single fingerstyle guitar. It's slow, it's tender, and it's a sneaky-good study in making one instrument sound like it brought friends. Tabs are included, so you can be emotionally devastating in the comfort of your own living room.
How this chord-melody arrangement actually works
The whole trick of a chord-melody like this is keeping the sung melody as the highest note at every moment, then filling the space below it with the chord — no more than you need. Adele's version sits in B♭, which is a lovely key for the voice and a slightly annoying one for the guitar, so you're leaning on shapes like B♭, F/A, Gm and E♭ where the top string carries the tune while your thumb quietly walks the bass. The magic word is voicing: pick chord grips where the melody note is already on top, so you don't have to bolt it on as an afterthought.
Concrete takeaway: play the melody alone first, slowly, until you know exactly which string each note lives on. Then add only the chord tones that fit under your fingers without covering that top note. A slow ballad like this forgives almost everything except rushing — let the notes ring, let the phrases breathe, and resist the urge to fill every silence. If you like this format, the same approach powers my Can't Help Falling In Love arrangement too.
Learn it well enough and you'll make someone feel your love, make your neighbours feel your love, and make your metronome feel deeply ignored. Grab the Guitar Pro files and original videos over on my Patreon.