Dont Cry Joni

E|------------0--|
B|------1--3-----|
G|---0-----0--0--|
D|---2-----------|
A|---3-----------|
E|---------------|


[Chorus]
C                       Em
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
G                 C
I'll grow up someday you'll see
C             (G)     F
Saving all my kisses just for you
G                   C
Signed with love forever true

(Just repeat the chord sequence again, again, again...)

(Actually, the song was originally in D major...I transposed it down my a whole 
tone to C major 'cos it's 
to recognise the chords in C maj...so if you want the original pitch, I'll show the
 D major chords for the 
stanza. Edit intro accordingly.)


[Verse]
D                     F#m
Joni was the girl who lived next door
A                      D
I've known her I guess ten years or more
D          (A)  G
Joni wrote me a note one day
A                    D
And this is what she had to say

(Choose which major you'll like to play in! The rest of the lyrics:)


[Chorus]
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up some day you'll see
Saving all my kisses just for you
Signed with love forever true


[Verse]
Slowly I read her note once more
Then I went over to the house next door
Her teardrops fell like rain that day
When I told Joni what I had to say


[Chorus]
Joni Joni please don't cry
You'll forget me by and by

You're just 15 I'm 22
And Joni I just can't wait for you


[Verse]
Soon I left our little hometown
Got me a job and try to settle down
But these words kept pounding my memory
The words that Joni said to me


[Chorus]
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up some day you'll see
Saving all my kisses just for you
Signed with love forever true


[Verse]
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
I had to see Joni I had to explain
How my heart was filled with her memories
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me

I ran all the way to the house next door
But things weren't like they were before
My teardrops fell like rain that day
When I heard what Joni had to say


[Chorus]
Jimmy Jimmy please don't cry
You'll forget me by and by
It's been five years since you've been gone
Jimmy I've married your best friend John