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