Misc Musicals – Fiddler On The Roof - If I Were A Rich Man (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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Title: If I Were A Rich Man
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tempo: 4/4 time, tempo standard q=120. Capo 2nd fret, optionally. Beats on eighths are marked "+".
Emphasize the melody notes. The chord names above may indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting.
Special Chord: A-long = 002225 with half-bar over strings 1-4
[Intro] A + + E|------------------------|------------------------| B|------------------------|------------------------| G|------------------------|------------------------| D|------2---2--------2----|------2---2--------2----| A|-0----------------------|-0----------------------| E|--------------0---------|--------------0---------| [Chorus A-long + + + + + + + + + E|---------------------------|------------------------------|-------------2---3--p2---3--p2---| B|-5--p3---5--p3---2---------|------2--h3---5--p3---5--p3---|-2--h3---5-----------------------| G|----------------------2----|------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|---------2------------2----|------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| A|-0---------------0---------|-0------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------| E|---------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------| If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie A + Dm Am + + + + E|-0----------------------|-1---p0--------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| B|------------------------|-----------4---\3----|-1--p0-------0--h1---------|-1--p0-------0--h1---------| G|------------------------|---------------------|---------2-----------------|---------2------------2----| D|------2---2--------2----|-----------0---------|---------2------------2----|---------2------------2----| A|-0----------------------|-0-------------------|-0-------------------------|-0-------------------------| E|--------------0---------|---------------------|-----------------0---------|-----------------0---------| dum. All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy E A-long + + + + + + + + + E|-0---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------2---3--p2---3--p2--| B|-------------0---|-5--p3---5--p3---2--------|------2--h3---5--p3---5--p3--|-2--h3---5----------------------| G|---------1-------|----------------------2---|-----------------------------|--------------------------------| D|---------2-------|---------2------------2---|------2---------------2------|---------2---------------2------| A|-----2-----------|-0---------------0--------|-0------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------| E|-0---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------| man I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie A + Dm Am + + + + (E) + + E|-0----------------------|-1---p0--------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------| B|------------------------|-----------4---\3----|-1--p0-------0--h1---------|-1--p0-------1--p0-----------0--| G|------------------------|---------------------|---------2-----------------|---------2-----------2--p1------| D|------2---2--------2----|-----------0---------|---------2------------2----|---------2---------------2------| A|-0----------------------|-0-------------------|-0---------------0---------|-0------------------------------| E|--------------0---------|---------------------|---------------------------|-----------------0--------------| dum If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle- deedle- didle- didle [VersePart1] ... first time start very slow ... A Dm + G7 + C + + E|----------------0----|-1----1-------1----1----|-1----3--/5---3---p1----|-0----0-------0-------0----| B|------2----3---------|-3------------3---------|-0------------0---------|-1------------1------------| G|-2-------------------|----------2-------------|------------------------|----------0-------0--------| D|-----------2---------|------0------------0----|------0------------0----|------2---------------2----| A|-0-------------------|-0----------------------|--------------2---------|-3-------------------------| E|---------------------|--------------1---------|-3----------------------|--------------3------------| man. I'd buil a big tall house with rooms by the dozen, right in the middle of the Am + Dm + G + C + + E|-0-----------------0----|-1----1-------1----1----|------0-----------------|-0-------------------------| B|-1----------------------|-3------------3---------|-3--------3--p1----3----|-1-------------------------| G|----------2-------------|----------2-------------|-0----------------------|----------0-------0--------| D|------2------------2----|------0------------0----|------0------------0----|------2---------------2----| A|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|--------------2---------|-3-------------------------| E|--------------0---------|--------------1---------|-3----------------------|--------------3------------| town. A fine tin roof with real wooden floors be- low. [VersePart2] C + Dm + G7 + C + + E|-------------------0----|-1----1-------1----1----|-1----3--/5---3---p1----|-5--\-0-------0---0---0----| B|------1-------3---------|-3------------3---------|-0------------0---------|---------------------------| G|----------0-------------|----------2-------------|------------------------|----------0----------------| D|------2------------2----|------0------------0----|------0------------0----|------2---------------2----| A|-3----------------------|-0----------------------|--------------2---------|-3-------------------------| E|--------------3---------|--------------1---------|-3----------------------|--------------3------------| There would be one long staircase just going up and one even longer coming Am + Dm + + E + + E|-0----------------------|------------------------|-0----------------------|-0-------------------------| B|-1----------------------|-3----3-------3----3----|------3-------1---------|-0-------------------------| G|----------2-------------|-2--------2-------------|----------2--------2----|----------1-------1--------| D|------2------------2----|------0------------0----|------0------------0----|------2---------------2----| A|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|--------------2------------| E|--------------0---------|--------------1---------|--------------1---------|-0-------------------------| down And one more leading nowhere, just for show.
[VersePart1] ... as above ...
I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese
and ducks for the town to see and hear
Squawking just as noisily as they can
[VersePart2] ... as above ...
And each loud "cheep" and "squawk" and "honk" and "quack"
would land like a trumpet on the ear
As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man"
[Chorus] ... as above ...
If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man
[VersePart1] ... as above ...
I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's
wife with a proper double chin
Supervising meals to her heart's delight
[VersePart2] ... as above ...
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock,
oh, what a happy mood she's in
Screaming at the servants, day and night
[Bridge] ... slower q=110 ... Em7 + + + + + + + + G + E|-------------------------|---------0--h1--3--p1---0------|-0--h1---3--/5--7--\-5---|-3--------------------| B|-------------------------|-----3----------------------3--|-------------------------|----------------------| G|----------1------1-------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|----------0-----------| D|------2--------------2---|---------2--------------2------|---------2-----------0---|------0-----------0---| A|-------------2-----------|----------------2--------------|-------------------------|-------------2--------| E|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------------|-0--------------7--\-5---|-3--------------------| The most important men in town would come to fawn on me Em + + + Am + + + + + + + + E|------0---0---0-----------0---|-0--p5-------5-------------------|---------------------------------| B|------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------5-----------| G|------------------0-----------|---------------------5-------5---|-----5-------5---------------5---| D|------2---------------2-------|---------7---------------7-------|---------7---------------7-------| A|--------------2---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-0----------------------------|-0---------------5---------------|-5---------------5---------------| They will ask me to ad- vise them like ... still slower q=100 ... Am + + + + + + + + Em + + + + + + E|-5-p0--0--------------0--|-0-----------------0--0--|-3--p0--0--0--0------|-------------------3--/--| B|----------1--------------|----------1--------------|---------------------|-------------------------| G|----------------2--------|----2-----------2--------|---------------------|----0-----0-----0--------| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-----2-----------2---|-------2-----------2-----| A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-----------2---------|-------------2-----------| E|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-0-------------------|-0-----------------------| Solomon the Wise If you please Reb Tevye Pardon Am + + + + + + + + + + + + E|-8--p5--5--5--5------|-----------------------|-------7-/8--7-\5--3-p2--|-3--------2-h3-----5---| B|---------------------|----------5------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| G|---------------------|----5-----------5------|----0--------------------|----0-----------0------| D|-----7-----------7---|-------7-----------7---|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0---| A|-----------7---------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| E|-5-------------------|-5-----------5---------|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0---------| me Reb Tevye Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's ... hold it a moment ... B7 + + + + + + + + + E|-7a--------11--8-p7--|-7a--------11--8-p7--|-7a--------11--8-p7--|-7a--------------------| B|-7a------------------|-7a------------------|-7a------------------|-7a--------------------| G|-8a-----8------------|-8a-----8------------|-8a-----8------------|-8a-----8-----8-----8--| D|-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----|-----9---------9-----|-----9-----------9-----| A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| E|-7a--------7---------|-7a--------7---------|-7a--------7---------|-7a--------7-----------| eyes Yah da-dee da da, yah di da da, yah di da da, daa
[VersePart2] ... as above, resume slow tempo q=110 ...
And it won't make one bit of difference
if I answer right or wrong
When you're rich they think you really know
[VersePart1] ... as above, resume standard tempo q=120 ...
If I were rich I'd have the time that I
lack to sit in the synagogue and pray
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall
[VersePart2] ... as above ...
And I'd discuss the holy books with the
learned men seven hours every day
That would be the sweetest thing of all
[FinalChorus+Outro] A-long + + + + + + + + + E|---------------------------|------------------------------|-------------2---3--p2---3--p2---| B|-5--p3---5--p3---2---------|------2--h3---5--p3---5--p3---|-2--h3---5-----------------------| G|----------------------2----|------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|---------2------------2----|------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| A|-0---------------0---------|-0------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------| E|---------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------| If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie A + Dm Am + + + + E|-0----------------------|-1---p0--------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| B|------------------------|-----------4---\3----|-1--p0-------0--h1---------|-1--p0-------0--h1---------| G|------------------------|---------------------|---------2-----------------|---------2------------2----| D|------2---2--------2----|-----------0---------|---------2------------2----|---------2------------2----| A|-0----------------------|-0-------------------|-0-------------------------|-0-------------------------| E|--------------0---------|---------------------|-----------------0---------|-----------------0---------| dum. All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy E A-long + + + + + + + + + E|-0---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------2---3--p2---3--p2--| B|-------------0---|-5--p3---5--p3---2--------|------2--h3---5--p3---5--p3--|-2--h3---5----------------------| G|---------1-------|----------------------2---|-----------------------------|--------------------------------| D|---------2-------|---------2------------2---|------2---------------2------|---------2---------------2------| A|-----2-----------|-0---------------0--------|-0------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------| E|-0---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------| man I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie A + Dm Am Dm Am Dm E|-0-------------|-1--p0----------|--------------------|-1--p0----------|--------------------|-5\-3---1------| B|---------------|---------4--\3--|-1-p0-----0-h1------|---------4--\3--|-1-p0-----0-h1------|------------3--| G|---------------|----------------|-------2------------|----------------|-------2------------|---------------| D|----2--2----2--|---------0------|-------2---------2--|---------0------|-------2---------2--|--------0------| A|-0-------------|-0--------------|-0-----------0------|-0--------------|-0-----------0------|-0-------------| E|---------0-----|----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|---------------| dum Lord who made the lion and the lamb You decreed I should be what I am Would it spoil some ... slow down ... Am + + Dm7 + E + Am + + E|-----------0-------|-----------------|--------------------|-0--------4-------|-5a----------------|-5a------| B|-1-----h3------3---|-1---------------|-1-----p0-------0---|------------------|-5a----------------|-5a------| G|-------------------|--------2--------|------------2-------|--------1---------|-5a-----5----5-----|-5a------| D|-----2---------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0----------0---|-----2--------2---|-----7---------7---|---------| A|-0---------0-------|-0-------0-------|------------0-------|----------2-------|-----------7-------|---------| E|-------------------|-----------------|-1------------------|-0----------------|-5a----------------|-5a------| vast eternal plan If I were a wealthy man
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| a Arpeggio (harp-like: pick all strings upward in fast sequence)
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| \ Slide down
| / Slide up
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