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