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