Joni was the girl who lived next door
A D
I've known her I guess ten years or more
D G
Joni wrote me a note one day
A D
And this is what she had to say
D F#m
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
A D
I'll grow up some day you'll see
D G
Saving all my kisses just for you
A D
Signed with love forever true
D F#m
Slowly I read her note once more
A D
Then I went over to the house next door
D G
Her tear drops fell like rain that day
A D
When I told Joni what I had to say
D F#m
Joni Joni please don't cry
A D
You'll forget me by and by
D G
You're just 15 I'm 22
A D
And Joni I just can't wait for you
D F#m
Soon I left our little hometown
A D
Got me a job and try to settle down
D G
But these words kept pounding my memory
A D
The words that Joni said to me
D F#m
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
A D
I'll grow up some day you'll see
D G
Saving all my kisses just for you
A D
Signed with love forever true
D F#m
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
A D
I had to see Joni I had to explain
D G
How my heart was filled with her memories
A D
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me
D F#m
I ran all the way to the house next door
A D
But things weren't like they were before
D G
My teardrops fell like rain that day
A D
When I heard what Joni had to say
D F#m
Jimmy Jimmy please don't cry
A D
You'll forget me by and by
D G
It's been five years since you've been gone
A D
Jimmy I've married your best friend John
