Don't cry Joni

Don't cry joni(Chorus 1)(D) Jimmy, please say you ll (A) wait for me(A7) I ll grow up some (D) day you ll see(D7) Saving all my kisses (G) just for you(A) Signed with love for (A7) ever (D) true.(D) Joni was the girl who (A) lived next doorI ve known her, I guess, ten (D) years or more(D7) Joni wrote me a (G) note one day(A) And this is what she (A7) had to (D) say(Chorus 1)(D) Slowly I read her (A) note once moreThen (A7) I went over to the (D) house next doorHer (D7) teardrops fell like (G) rain that dayWhen (A) I told Joni what I (A7) had to (D) say.(Chorus 2)(D) Joni, Joni, (A) please don t cry(A7) You ll forget me (D) by and byYou re (D7) just fifteen, I m (G) twenty-twoAnd (A) Joni, I just can t (A7) wait for (D) you.(D) Soon I left our (A) little hometown(A7) Got me a job and tried to (D) settle downBut the (D7) words kept haunting my (G) memory(A) The words that Joni (A7) said to (D) me(Chorus 1)(D) I packed my clothes and I (A) caught a planeI (A7) had to see Joni, I (D) had to explainHow my (D7) heart was filled with her (G) memory(A) And ask my Joni if she d (A7) marry (D) me(D) I ran all the way to the (A) house next doorBut (A7) things weren t like they (D) were before.My (D7) teardrops fell like (G) rain that dayWhen (A) I heard what Joni (A7) had to (D) say(Chorus 3)(D) Jimmy, Jimmy, (A) please don t cry(A7) You ll forget me (D) by and byIt s (D7) been five years since (G) you ve been gone(A) Jimmy, I married your (A7) best friend (D) John