14 Chords used in the song: A, A7, Dm, Am, E, E7, G7, C, G, D#, D, F, Bb, Gm
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A A7
If I were a rich man, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm Am E E7
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum, if I were a wealthy man
A A7
I wouldn't have to work hard, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm Am E E7 A
If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man
Dm G7 C Am
I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen, right in the middle of the town
Dm G A (A7)
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
Dm G C Am
There would be one long staircase just going up, and one even longer coming down,
Dm B7(D#) E7
and one more leading nowhere, just for show
D G7
I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese
C Am
and ducks for the town to see and hear
Dm G A (A7)
Squawking just as noisily as they can
Dm G
And each loud "cheep" and "squawk" and "honk" and "quack"
C Am
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
Dm B7(D#) E7
As if to say, "Here lives a wealthy man"
(Chorus)
Dm G7 C Am
I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife with a proper double chin
Dm G A (A7)
Supervising meals to her heart's delight
Dm G C Am
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock—Oh what a happy mood she's in
Dm B7(D#) E7
Screaming at the servants, day and night
E7 G F C Bb A
The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!
Dm
They would ask me to advise them,
Bb
Like a Solomon the Wise.
Gm
"If you please, Reb Tevye..."
Gm
"Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."
A7
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes!
Dm G7 C A7
And it won't make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong.
Dm B7(D#) E7
When you're rich, they think you really know!
D G7
If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
C Am
To sit in the synagogue and pray.
Dm G A (A7)
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall.
Dm G C A7
And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day.
Dm B7(D#) E7
That would be the sweetest thing of all.
A A7
If I were a rich man, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm Am E E7
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum, if I were a wealthy man
A A7
I wouldn't have to work hard, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm Am
Lord, who made the lion and the lamb
Dm Am
You decreed I should be what I am
Dm Am
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan
Dm E7 A
If I were a wealthy man
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