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