Fm                  C
Can I sleep in your arms tonight sister
F     Fm   F        C           Fm   C   F   
Can I lay down with you here tonight
        Bb                  Eb   Dm  C
I would shield you from the morning sun
             Bb                 Ebm  Dm  Cm
We'll stroll arm and arm in the kingdom come
Fm                  C       Fm   Bb   G
Can I sleep in your arms tonight
Fm G C F Ab F G C Fm 
[Instrumental]

                 Ab   G      C                F    Ab  Db
You know I ain't never going back to Commerce City
          Ab       Gm                    C                  F    Fm
Who knows how many times they've taken my last twenty dollar bill
F              Eb       Bb           Eb      Dm      Cm
There ain't no love lost there ain't no more time to kill

Bb                               Eb   Dm   Cm   Ab

All my brothers they're up on Jersey landfill
            Fm          C       Fm   C    Fm C  Fm
And I ain't never going back to that town
F     Fm    C             Fm     C
Can I sleep in your arms tonight sister
      Fm G C            Fm   
Can I lay down with you here tonight
Bb                  Eb         D               C
Cuz hearing your voice can remind me of better days
Bb                         Eb    Dm   C
This is the voice that can carry me away
Fm     G C           F
Let me sleep in your arms tonight


Eb      G                   C   Cm
Darling wasn't it true what we learned
Eb      G              Ab        Fm   F
As the whiskey finally eats your heart
Eb         G        Cm                     
And where was that place I was born tonight
Eb          G            Ab              Bb    F
It's the one that leads straight to your heart

C    F   Ab G

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