Don't Cry Joni chords by Conway Twitty (Official Version)
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Joni was the girl who lived next door
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I've known her I guess 10 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'll see
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Savin' 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 teardrops fell like rain that day
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When I told Joni what I had to say
Chorus 1
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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 fifteen I'm twenty two
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And Joni I just can't wait for you
Verse 4
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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 5
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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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Savin' all my kisses just for you
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Signed with love forever true
Verse 6
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I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
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I 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 7
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I ran all the way to the house next door
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But things weren't like they were before
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My teardrops fell like rain that day
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When I heard what Joni had to say
Chorus 2
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Jimmy Jimmy please don't cry
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You'll forget me by and by
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It's been five years since you've been gone
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Jimmy I married your best friend John
Don't Cry Joni
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