If I Were A Rich Man

[Chorus] F If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Bbm Fm G G7 C All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man F I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Bbm Fm G C7 F If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man

[Verse 1] Bbm Eb7 G# Fm I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen, right in the middle of the town Bbm Eb F F7 A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below Bbm Eb G# Fm There would be one long staircase just going up and one even longer coming down Bbm Bdim C And one more leading nowhere, just for show

[Verse 2] Bbm Eb7 G# Fm I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks for the town to see and hear Bbm Eb F F7 Squawking just as noisily as they can Bbm Eb G# Fm And each loud "cheep" and "squawk" and "honk" and "quack" would land like a trumpet on the ear Bbm Bdim C As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man"

[Chorus] F If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Bbm Fm G G7 C All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man F I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Bbm Fm G C7 F If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man

[Verse 3] Bbm Eb7 G# Fm I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife with a proper double chin Bbm Eb F F7 Supervising meals to her heart's delight Bbm Eb G# Fm I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock, oh, what a happy mood she's in Bbm Bdim C Screaming at the servants, day and night

[Bridge] C7 Eb C# G# F# F The most important men in town would come to fawn on me Bbm They will ask me to advise them F# Like a Solomon the Wise Ebm If you please Reb Tevye Ebm Pardon me Reb Tevye F7 Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes F7 Yah da-dee da da, yah di da da, yah di da da, daa

[Verse 4] Bbm Eb7 G# F7 And it won't make one bit of difference if I answer right or wrong Bbm Bdim C When you're rich they think you really know Bbm Eb7 G# Fm If I were rich I'd have the time that I lack to sit in the synagogue and pray Bbm Eb7 F F7 And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall Bbm Eb7 G# F7 And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men seven hours every day Bbm Bdim C That would be the sweetest thing of all

[Chorus] F F7 If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Bbm Fm G G7 C All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man F F7 I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum

[Outro] Bbm Fm Lord who made the lion and the lamb Bbm Fm You decreed I should be what I am Bbm Fm Would it spoil some vast eternal plan Bbm C F C F If I were a wealthy man