Dont Cry Joni chords

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