Written by Jerry Lee Lewis
G G7 C When loneliness lays her hurting hands on me, G D D7 There's a place I always can go G G7 C I'll pour out my soul, to my old piano G D G And I let those old ivories cry for me G G7 C G D D7 Ivory tears, ivory tears, my old piano cries for me, G G7 C G D D7 G Ivory tears, ivory tears, dripping from every melo-dy G G7 C Some lonely people, they turn to the jukebox, G G7 D D7 Others turn to whiskey and wine G G7 C But, when it's crying time for me, well, I turn to my ole' piano G D G And I let those old ivories cry for me G G7 C G D D7 Ivory tears, ivory tears, my old piano, it's crying, crying G G7 C G D D7 G Ivory tears, ivory tears, dripping from every melo-dy