(Chorus 1) D5 A5 Jimmy, please say you ll wait for me A5 D5 I ll grow up some day you ll see D5 G5 Saving all my kisses just for you A5 A5 D5 Signed with love for ever true. D5 A5 Joni was the girl who lived next door D5 I ve known her, I guess, ten years or more D5 G5 Joni wrote me a note one day A5 A5 D5 And this is what she had to say (Chorus 1) D5 A5 Slowly I read her note once more A5 D5 Then I went over to the house next door D5 G5 Her teardrops fell like rain that day A5 A5 D5 When I told Joni what I had to say. (Chorus 2) D5 A5 Joni, Joni, please don t cry A5 D5 You ll forget me by and by D5 G5 You re just fifteen, I m twenty-two A5 A5 D5 And Joni, I just can t wait for you. D5 A5 Soon I left our little hometown A5 D5 Got me a job and tried to settle down D5 G5 But the words kept haunting my memory A5 A5 D5 The words that Joni said to me (Chorus 1) D5 A5 I packed my clothes and I caught a plane A5 D5 I had to see Joni, I had to explain D5 G5 How my heart was filled with her memory A5 A5 D5 And ask my Joni if she d marry me D5 A5 I ran all the way to the house next door A5 D5 But things weren t like they were before. D5 G5 My teardrops fell like rain that day A5 A5 D5 When I heard what Joni had to say (Chorus 3) D5 A5 Jimmy, Jimmy, please don t cry A5 D5 You ll forget me by and by D5 G5 It s been five years since you ve been gone A5 A5 D5 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
