Chorus: Db If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Gbm Dbm Ab Ab7 Ab All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man Db I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Gbm Dbm Ab Ab7 Db If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man Verse 1: Gbm B7 E Dbm I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen, right in the middle of the town Gbm B Db Db7 a fine tin roof with real wooden floors below Gbm B E Dbm There would be one long staircase just going up and one even longer coming down Gbm Gdim Ab And one more leading nowhere, just for show Verse 2: Gbm B7 E Dbm I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks for the town to see and hear Gbm B Db Db7 Squawking just as noisily as they can Gbm B E Dbm And each loud "cheep" and "squawk" and "honk" and "quack" would land like a trumpet on the ear Gbm Gdim Ab As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man" Chorus: Db If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Gbm Dbm Ab Ab7 Ab All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man Db I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Gbm Dbm Ab Ab7 Db If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man Verse 3: Gbm B7 E Dbm I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife with a proper double chin Gbm B Db Db7 Supervising meals to her heart's delight Gbm B E Dbm I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock, oh, what a happy mood she's in Gbm Gdim Ab Screaming at the servants, day and night Bridge: Ab7 B A E D Db The most important men in town would come to fawn on me Gbm They will ask me to advise them D Like a Solomon the Wise Bm If you please Reb Tevye Bm Pardon me Reb Tevye Db7 Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes Db7 Yah da-dee da da, yah di da da, yah di da da, daa Verse 4: Gbm B7 E Db7 And it won't make one bit of difference if I answer right or wrong Gbm Gdim Ab When you're rich they think you really know Gbm B7 E Dbm If I were rich I'd have the time that I lack to sit in the synagogue and pray Gbm B7 Db Db7 And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall Gbm B7 E Db7 And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men seven hours every day Gbm Gdim Ab That would be the sweetest thing of all Chorus: Db Db7 If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Gbm Dbm Ab Ab7 Ab All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man Db Db7 I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum Outro: Gbm Dbm Lord who made the lion and the lamb Gbm Dbm You decreed I should be what I am Gbm Dbm Would it spoil some vast eternal plan Gbm Ab Db Ab Db If I were a wealthy man
