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