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