(Capo 3)
AIf (x02220@1)I were a rich man, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm (xx0231@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) EAll (022100@1)day long I'd biddy biddy bum, if I were a wealthy man
AI (x02220@1)wouldn't have to work hard, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm (xx0231@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) AIf (x02220@1)I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man
Dm (xx0231@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) AmI'd (x02210@1)build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen, right in the middle of the town
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) (A7)
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) AmThere (x02210@1)would be one long staircase just going up, and one even longer coming down,
Dm (xx0231@1) Ebdim (2312xx@1) Eand (022100@1)one more leading nowhere, just for show
Dm (xx0231@1) G7 (320001@1)I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese
C (x32010@1) Amand (x02210@1)ducks for the town to see and hear
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) (A7)
Squawking just as noisily as they can
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1)And each loud "cheep" and "squawk" and "honk" and "quack"
C (x32010@1) AmWould (x02210@1)land like a trumpet on the ear,
Dm (xx0231@1) Ebdim (2312xx@1) EAs (022100@1)if to say, "Here lives a wealthy man"
(Chorus)
Dm (xx0231@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) AmI (x02210@1)see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife with a proper double chin
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) (A7)
Supervising meals to her heart's delight
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) AmI (x02210@1)see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock?Oh what a happy mood she's in
Dm (xx0231@1) Ebdim (2312xx@1) EScreaming (022100@1)at the servants, day and night
(Chorus)
