Don't Cry Joni chords by Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Joni was the girl who
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lived next door
I've known her, I guess,
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ten years or more
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Joni wrote me a note one day
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And this is what she had to say
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Verse 2
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"Jimmy, please, say you'll wait for me
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I'll grow up someday, you will see
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Saving all my kisses just for you
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Signed with love, forever true"
Verse 3
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Slowly, I read her note once more
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I went over to the house next door
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Her tear drops fell like rain that day
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When I told Joni what I had to say
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Verse 4
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Joni, Joni, please, don't cry
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You'll forget me by and by
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You're just 15, I am 22
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And Joni, I just can't wait for you
Verse 5
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Soon, I left our little home town
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Got me a job and tried to settle down
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But these words kept haunting my memory
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The words that Joni said to me
Verse 6
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"Jimmy, please, say you'll wait for me
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I'll grow up someday, you'll see
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Saving all my kisses just for you
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B
Signed with love, forever true"
Verse 7
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I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
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Had to see Joni, I had to explain
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How my heart was filled with her memory
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And ask my Joni if she'd marry me
Verse 8
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I ran all the way to the house next door
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Things weren't like they were before
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My tear drops fell like rain that day
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When I heard what Joni had to say
Verse 9
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"Jimmy, Jimmy, please, don't cry
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You'll forget me, by and by
It's been five years since
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you've been gone
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Jimmy, I married your best friend, John"
Don't Cry Joni
Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn
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