Can I Sleep In Your Arms Chords

KeyG Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays984

Can I Sleep In Your Arms by Willie Nelson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G, C and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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   G                     C           G 
Can I sleep in your arms, tonight, lady? 
                    C         G 
It's so cold lyin' here all alone. 
                    D7         G 
An' I have no hold to hold on you. 
                        C          G 
An', I assure you, I'll do you no wrong. 

    G                        C         G 
Don't know why, but the one I love left me. 
                     C          G 
Left me lonely an' cold an' so weak. 
                     D7           G                   
And I need someone's arms to hold me. 
                          C              G 
Till I'm strong enough to get back on my feet. 

   G                     C           G 
Can I sleep in your arms, tonight, lady? 
                    C         G 
It's so cold lyin' here all alone. 
                    D7         G 
An' I have no hold to hold on you. 
                        C          G 
An', I assure you, I'll do you no wrong. 

Instrumental break. 

   G                     C           G 
Can I sleep in your arms, tonight, lady? 
                    C         G 
It's so cold lyin' here all alone. 
                    D7         G 
An' I have no hold to hold on you. 
                        C          G 
An', I assure you, I'll do you no wrong. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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