Misc Musicals – Fiddler On The Roof - If I Were A Rich Man (Ukulele)
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[Chorus]
C C7 If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Fm Cm G G7 G All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man C C7 I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Fm Cm G G7 C If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man
[Verse 1]
Fm Bb7 Eb Cm I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen right in the middle of the town Fm Bb7 C C7 A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below Fm Bb7 Eb Cm There would be one long staircase just going up and one even longer coming down Fm Gbdim G And one more leading nowhere just for show
[Verse 2]
Fm Bb7 Eb Cm I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks for the town to see and hear Fm Bb7 C C7 Squawking just as noisily as they can Fm Bb7 Eb Cm And each loud "cheep" and "squawk" and "honk" and "quack" would land like a trumpet on the ear Fm Gbdim G As if to say: "here lives a wealthy man"
[Chorus]
C C7 If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Fm Cm G G7 G All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man C C7 I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Fm Cm G G7 C If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man
[Verse 3]
Fm Bb7 Eb Cm I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife with a proper double chin Fm Bb7 C C7 Supervising meals to her heart's delight Fm Bb7 Eb Cm I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock, oh, what a happy mood she's in Fm Gbdim G Screaming at the servants day and night
[Bridge]
G7 Bb Ab Eb Db C The most important men in town would come to fawn on me Fm They will ask me to advise them Db Like a Solomon the Wise Bbm If you please Reb Tevye Bbm Pardon me Reb Tevye C7 Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes C7 Yah da-dee da da, yah di da da, yah di da da, daa
[Verse 4]
Fm Bb7 Eb C7 And it won't make one bit of difference if I answer right or wrong Fm Gbdim G When you're rich they think you really know Fm Bb7 Eb Cm If I were rich I'd have the time that I lack to sit in the synagogue and pray Fm Bb7 C C7 And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall Fm Bb7 Eb C7 And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men seven hours every day Fm Gbdim G That would be the sweetest thing of all
[Chorus]
C C7 If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Fm Cm G G7 G All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man C I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
[Outro]
Fm Cm Lord who made the lion and the lamb Fm Cm You decreed I should be what I am Fm Cm Would it spoil some vast eternal plan Fm G C G C If I were a wealthy man