Fiddler On The Roof - If I Were A Rich Man

      [Chorus]
A
If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm               Am              E           E7      E
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man
  A
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


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


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

 
[Chorus]
A
If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm               Am              E           E7      E
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man
  A
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

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


[Bridge]
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The most important men in town would come to fawn on me
Dm
They will 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
A7
Yah da-dee da da, yah di da da, yah di da da, daa


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

[Chorus]
A                                                                      A7
If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm               Am              E           E7      E
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

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