Chorus:
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If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
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All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man
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I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
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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:
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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
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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:
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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
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They will ask me to advise them
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Like a Solomon the Wise
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If you please Reb Tevye
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Pardon me Reb Tevye
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Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes
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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:
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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
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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
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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