(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)