IF I WERE A RICH MAN - Fiddler On The Roof
Tune ? down + capo on 4th
`Dear Lord, you made many, many poor people.
I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor.
But it's no great honor either.
So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?"
- A (x02220@1)
If I were a (x02210@1) rich man,
A7- (x02020@1)
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
D?7/E Am (x02210@1)
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
B7 (x21202@1) E/ (022100@1)
If I were awealthy (x02210@1) man; I !!
A (x02220@1)
Wouldn't have to work hard
A7- (x02020@1)A+7sus4 - A7i -
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
D?7/E Am (x02210@1)
If I were biddy biddy rich
B7 (x21202@1) E7 (020130@1) A/
Idle deedle daidle daidle man
Dm (xx0231@1) G7 (320001@1)
I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozens
Cmaj7 (x32000@1) A7 (x02020@1)
Right in the middle of the town
Dm (xx0231@1) E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1)
A (x02220@1) fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
Dm (xx0231@1) G7 (320001@1)
There could be one long staircase just going up
Cmaj7 (x32000@1) A7 (x02020@1)
And one even longer coming down
Dm (xx0231@1) B7 (x21202@1) E7 (020130@1)
And one more leading nowhere just for show./
D (xx0232@1) E9/B
I'd fill my yards with chicks and turkeys and geese
A (x02220@1) F#7 (242352@1)
And ducks for the town to see and hear
Bm (x24432@1) E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1)
Squawking just as noisly as they can
D (xx0232@1) E9/B
And each loud "cheep" and "swaqwk" and "honk" or "quack"
A (x02220@1) F#7 (242352@1)
Would land like a trumpet on the ear
Dm7 B7 (x21202@1) E7 (020130@1)
As if to say `here lives awealthy (x02210@1) man`/
A (x02220@1) (A)
If I were a (x02210@1) rich man,
A7- (x02020@1)
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
D?7/E Am (x02210@1)
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
B7 (x21202@1) E7/
If I were awealthy (x02210@1) man; I !!
A (x02220@1)
Wouldn't have to work hard
A7- (x02020@1)A+7sus4 - A7i -
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
D?7/E Am (x02210@1)
If I were biddy biddy rich
B7/ E7/ A/ (x02220@1)
Idle deedle daidle daidle man
A7 (x02020@1) A+7sus4 A7i
I'd see my -
Dm (xx0231@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)
wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife
(C)
With a proper double - chin.
Dm (xx0231@1) E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1)
Supervising meals to her heart's de - light.
Dm7 G7 (320001@1)
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock.
C (x32010@1) Bb7 (x13131@1) A7- (x02020@1)
Oy, what ahappy (x02210@1)mood she's in.
Dm (xx0231@1) B7 (x21202@1) E7 (020130@1)
Screaming at the servants, day and night.
E (022100@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) E (022100@1) F (133211@1)
The most im - por - tant men in town
G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) A (x02220@1)
would come to fawn on me!
Dm/
They would ask me to advise them,
C# (x43121@1) Bb/
Like a (x02210@1) Solomon the Wise.
Bb- (x1333x@1)A (x02220@1) Gm/
"If you please, Reb Tevye..."
G- (320003@1)F (133211@1) Gm6/E/
"Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."
A7/ (x02020@1)
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes!
(A7)
Ja dada die da da, Jada daa daa, jada daa daa
A7 - A+7sus4 - A7i /
Dm (xx0231@1) G7 (320001@1)
And it won't make one bit of difference
Cmaj7 (x32000@1) A7 (x02020@1)
if I answer right or wrong.
Dm/ B7/ E7/
When you're rich, they think you really know!
D (xx0232@1) E9/B
If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
A (x02220@1) F#7 (242352@1)
To sit in the synagogue and pray.
Bm (x24432@1) E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1)
And maybe have a (x02210@1) seat by the Eastern wall.
Dm (xx0231@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)
And I'd dis - cuss the holy books with the learned men,
A7 (x02020@1)
several hours every day.
Dm7 B7 (x21202@1) E7 (020130@1)
That would be the sweetest thing of all.
A (x02220@1)
If I were a rich man,
A7- (x02020@1)
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
D?7/E Am (x02210@1)
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
B7 (x21202@1) E/
If I were awealthy (x02210@1) man; I !!
A (x02220@1)
Wouldn't have to work hard
A7- (x02020@1)A+7sus4 - A7i -
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
D?7/E Am (x02210@1)
Lord who made the lion and the lamb,
D?7/E Am (x02210@1)
You decreed I should be what I am.
D?7/E Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F#m6 (2x4242@1)
Would it spoil some vast e- (022000@1) ternal plan?/
- E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) A- (x02220@1)E- (022100@1)A//
If I were aweal (x02210@1)- thy man.
A (x02220@1) x02220
A7 (x02020@1) x02020
D?7/E x20101
Am (x02210@1) x02210
B7 (x21202@1) x24242
E (022100@1) 022100
A+7sus4 x0303x
A7i x0565x
E7 (020130@1) 020130
Dm (xx0231@1) xx0231
G7 (320001@1) 320001
Cmaj7 x32000
E9/B x22132
D (xx0232@1) xx0232
F#7 24232x
Bm (x24432@1) x24432
Dm7 xx0211
B7 (x21202@1) x21202
C (x32010@1) x32010
Bb7 x13131
E (022100@1) 0xxxxx
F (133211@1) 1xxxxx
G (320003@1) 3xxxxx
A (x02220@1) x0xxxx
Bb (x1333x@1) x1xxxx
C (x32010@1) x3xxxx
C# (x43121@1) x4xxxx
Bb (x1333x@1) x13331
Gm (355333@1) 355333
Gm6/E 01203x
G (320003@1) 3200xx
F#m6 20124x
I used powertab freeware for chordnames and found that tuning ? down changes those
names. I rewrote the names according to normal tuning.
