| E              | E              | A              | A              |
| C**   C#dim7** | G/D**    E**   | A**     D**    | G              |
| G              |
  I ...

[Verse 1]
  G                   G             A                A
I don't know just how old I was but when I was quite small
  D              D       C7**   D**       G
I found an old piano who no one played at all.
  E                     E                  Am             Am
I climbed the stool and tried the keys and soon I found a song
     C*    C#dim7*    G/D*     E*     Am**         D** G
and, oh, I knew right then and there, here's where I belong.

[Chorus 1]
   E             E                   A            A
As long as I can keep on playing I'm happy as can be,
C**       C#dim7** G/D**   E**           A**      D**      G
everybody said the piano's broken but it seems to play for me.

[Interlude]
| C**      D**   | G              | G              |

[Verse 2]
     G               G           A                 A
This old piano's got 88 keys and six of them don't play,
     D               D             C7**   D**      G
it's out of tune but honky-tonk is better off that way.
         E          E                  Am                   Am
Hey, the color is a dusty rose and the whole front board is gone.
    C*      C#dim7*       G/D*    E*           Am**  D**    G
So, you can watch all the hammers dance as the music moves along.

[Chorus 2]
   E             E                   Am           Am
As long as I can keep on playing I'm happy as can be,
C**       C#dim7** G/D**   E**           A**      D**      G
everybody said the piano's broken but it seems to play for me,
         C**        D**       G*    G*      B7*    B7*
yeah, it plays like crazy for me.

[Interlude]
| E              | E              | A              | A              |
| C7             | D*             | D*             |

[Verse 3]
   G                 G              A           A
My granddad listened to me play and he began to smile,
   D               D              C7**        D**   G
he played a fiddle too for me, we both played for a while.
    E             E                    Am                Am
And when I had to leave he said: "come back whenever you can"
    C*   C#dim7*    G/D* E*         Am**    D**    G
and ever since most everyday you'll find me there again.

[Instrumental]
| C              | C              | G              | G              |
                            Right,                           fiddle,
| C              | C              | D              | D              |
                                                             me.
| C              | C              | G              | G              |
      C                 C
Yeah, jukebox, ragtime, honky-tonk, swing,
   D                     D
we have a good time with everything.

[Chorus 3]
   E             E                   A            A
As long as I can keep on playing I'm happy as can be,
     C*  C#dim7*  G/D*    E*            A**       D**     G*      N.C.
everyone said the piano's broken but it plays for him and me.

[Outro]
  G                   G             A                A
I don't know just how old I was but when I was quite   small
  D              D       C7**   D**       G
I found an old piano who no one played at all.
    E              E                  Am Am
The worn-out tag inside the back says 1923.
C*        C#dim7*    G/D*   E*            Am
Everybody said the piano is broken but it plays like crazy,
Am                         Am**       D**       G***
plays like crazy, yeah, it plays like crazy for me.