(Chorus 1)
D A
Jimmy, please say you ll wait for me
A7 D
I ll grow up some day you ll see
D7 G
Saving all my kisses just for you
A A7 D
Signed with love for ever true.
D A
Joni was the girl who lived next door
D
I ve known her, I guess, ten years or more
D7 G
Joni wrote me a note one day
A A7 D
And this is what she had to say
(Chorus 1)
D A
Slowly I read her note once more
A7 D
Then I went over to the house next door
D7 G
Her teardrops fell like rain that day
A A7 D
When I told Joni what I had to say.
(Chorus 2)
D A
Joni, Joni, please don t cry
A7 D
You ll forget me by and by
D7 G
You re just fifteen, I m twenty-two
A A7 D
And Joni, I just can t wait for you.
D A
Soon I left our little hometown
A7 D
Got me a job and tried to settle down
D7 G
But the words kept haunting my memory
A A7 D
The words that Joni said to me
(Chorus 1)
D A
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
A7 D
I had to see Joni, I had to explain
D7 G
How my heart was filled with her memory
A A7 D
And ask my Joni if she d marry me
D A
I ran all the way to the house next door
A7 D
But things weren t like they were before.
D7 G
My teardrops fell like rain that day
A A7 D
When I heard what Joni had to say
(Chorus 3)
D A
Jimmy, Jimmy, please don t cry
A7 D
You ll forget me by and by
D7 G
It s been five years since you ve been gone
A A7 D
Jimmy, I married your best friend John.
As always, this may not be exactly right, but should get you started. I leave
out the apostrophes because they come up funny when they transfer.
Have fun.
Lee