Don't Cry Joni chords by Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Joni was the girl  (C major) who
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 (G major) lived next door
I've known her, I guess,
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ten  (C major) years or more
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Joni wrote me a note  (F major) one day
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 (G major) And this is what she had to say
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 (C major) 

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Verse 2

"Jimmy, please, say you'll wait for me

I'll grow up someday, you will see

Saving all my kisses just for you

Signed with love, forever true"

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) 
G 
Slowly, I read her  (G major) note once more
C 
I went over to the  (C major) house next door
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Her tear drops fell like  (F major) rain that day
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When  (G major) I  told Joni what I had to say
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 (C major) 

Verse 4
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Jon (G major) i, Joni, please, don't cry
C 
You'll forget me  (C major) by and by
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You're just 15, I  (F major) am 22
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C 
And  (G major) Joni, I just can't wait for  (C major) you

Verse 5
C 
 (C major) 
G 
Soon, I left our  (G major) little home town
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Got me a job and tried to  (C major) settle down
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But these words kept haunting my  (F major) memory
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C 
 (G major) The words that Joni said to  (C major) me

Verse 6

"Jimmy, please, say you'll wait for me

I'll grow up someday, you'll see

Saving all my kisses just for you

Signed with love, forever true"

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) 
G 
I packed my clothes and I  (G major) caught a plane
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Had to see Joni, I  (C major) had to explain
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How my heart was filled with her  (F major) memory
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C 
 (G major) And ask my Joni if she'd marry  (C major) me

Verse 8

I ran all the way to the house next door

Things weren't like they were before

My tear drops fell like rain that day

When I heard what Joni had to say

Verse 9
C 
 (C major) 
G 
"Jimmy, Jimmy,  (G major) please, don't cry
C 
You'll forget me,  (C major) by and by
It's been five years since
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 (F major) you've been gone
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C 
 (G major) Jimmy, I married your best friend,  (C major) John"