(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
