Chords for Don't Cry Joni

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I'll grow up [D] someday, you'll see.
Saving all my kisses [G] just for you.
Signed with love [D] forever, true. _ _
_ _ _ _ Joanie was the girl [A] who lived next door.
I've known her, I guess, [D] ten years or more.
Joanie wrote me [G] a note one day.
_ [A] And this is what she had [D] to say. _ _
_ _ _ _ Jimmy, please say [A] you'll wait for me.
I'll grow up [D] someday, you'll see.
Saving all my kisses [G]
just for you.
[A] Signed with love [D] forever, true. _ _
_ _ _ _ Slowly I read [A] her note once more.
Then I went over [D] to the house next door.
Her teardrops fell [G] like rain that day.
[A] When I told Joanie what I had [D] to say. _
_ _ _ _ Joanie, Joanie, [A] please don't cry.
You'll forget [D] me by and by.
You're just fifteen, [G]
I'm twenty-two.
[A] And Joanie, I just can't [D] wait for you. _
_ _ _ _ Soon I left [A] our little hometown.
Got me a job [D] and tried to settle down.
But these words kept haunting [G] my memory.
_ [A] The words that Joanie said [D] to me. _
_ _ _ _ Jimmy, please say [A] you'll wait for me.
I'll grow up [D] someday, you'll see.
Saving all my kisses [G]
just for you.
[A] Signed with love [D] forever, true. _ _
_ _ _ I packed my clothes [A] and I caught a plane.
I had to see Joanie, [D] I had to explain.
How my heart was filled with [G] her memory.
_ And ask my Joanie if she'd marry [D] me. _ _
_ _ _ I ran all the way to [A] the house next door.
But things weren't like [D] they were before.
My tear drops fell [G] like rain that day.
[A] When I heard what Joanie had [D] to say. _ _
_ _ _ _ Jimmy, Jimmy, [A] please don't cry. _
You'll forget [D] me by and by.
It's been five years [G] since you've been gone.
Jimmy, I married [A] your best friend, [D] John.
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