Chords by: Chase Chafin Charlie Poole - Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister? A wonderful song, recorded in 1925. Charlie actually played it on banjo, but it sounds great on guitar also. Pretty simple, follows the same pattern throughout the whole song. A5 May I sleep in your barn tonight mister? E5 It's cold lying out on the ground, A5 D5 And the cold north wind is whistling, E5 A5 And I have no place to lie down.