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