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