Gm D
Can I sleep in your arms tonight sister
G Gm G D Gm D G
Can I lay down with you here tonight
C F Em D
I would shield you from the morning sun
C Fm Em Dm
We'll stroll arm and arm in the kingdom come
Gm D Gm C A
Can I sleep in your arms tonight
Gm A D G A# G A D Gm
[Instrumental]
A# A D G A# Eb
You know I ain't never going back to Commerce City
A# Am D G Gm
Who knows how many times they've taken my last twenty dollar bill
G F C F Em Dm
There ain't no love lost there ain't no more time to kill
C F Em Dm A#
All my brothers they're up on Jersey landfill
Gm D Gm D Gm D Gm
And I ain't never going back to that town
G Gm D Gm D
Can I sleep in your arms tonight sister
Gm A D Gm
Can I lay down with you here tonight
C F E D
Cuz hearing your voice can remind me of better days
C F Em D
This is the voice that can carry me away
Gm A D G
Let me sleep in your arms tonight
F A D Dm
Darling wasn't it true what we learned
F A A# Gm G
As the whiskey finally eats your heart
F A Dm
And where was that place I was born tonight
F A A# C G
It's the one that leads straight to your heart
D G A# A
Can I sleep in your arms tonight sister
Can I lay down with you here tonight
Let me sleep in your arms tonight
Can I sleep in your arms tonight sister