IF I WERE A RICH MAN - Fiddler On The Roof
Tune ½ 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
If I were a rich man,
A7 -
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
Dº7/E Am
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
B7 E /
If I were a wealthy man; I !!
A
Wouldn't have to work hard
A7 - A+7sus4 - A7i -
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
Dº7/E Am
If I were biddy biddy rich
B7 E7 A/
Idle deedle daidle daidle man
Dm G7
I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozens
Cmaj7 A7
Right in the middle of the town
Dm E7 A
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
Dm G7
There could be one long staircase just going up
Cmaj7 A7
And one even longer coming down
Dm B7 E7
And one more leading nowhere just for show./
D E9/B
I'd fill my yards with chicks and turkeys and geese
A F#7
And ducks for the town to see and hear
Bm E7 A
Squawking just as noisly as they can
D E9/B
And each loud "cheep" and "swaqwk" and "honk" or "quack"
A F#7
Would land like a trumpet on the ear
Dm7 B7 E7
As if to say `here lives a wealthy man`/
A (A)
If I were a rich man,
A7 -
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
Dº7/E Am
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
B7 E7/
If I were a wealthy man; I !!
A
Wouldn't have to work hard
A7 - A+7sus4 - A7i -
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
Dº7/E Am
If I were biddy biddy rich
B7/ E7/ A /
Idle deedle daidle daidle man
A7 A+7sus4 A7i
I'd see my -
Dm G7 C
wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife
(C)
With a proper double - chin.
Dm E7 A
Supervising meals to her heart's de - light.
Dm7 G7
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock.
C Bb7 A7 -
Oy, what a happy mood she's in.
Dm B7 E7
Screaming at the servants, day and night.
E F G A G F E F
The most im - por - tant men in town
G A Bb C Bb A
would come to fawn on me!
Dm/
They would ask me to advise them,
C# Bb/
Like a Solomon the Wise.
Bb - A Gm/
"If you please, Reb Tevye..."
G - F Gm6/E/
"Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."
A7 /
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 G7
And it won't make one bit of difference
Cmaj7 A7
if I answer right or wrong.
Dm/ B7/ E7/
When you're rich, they think you really know!
D E9/B
If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
A F#7
To sit in the synagogue and pray.
Bm E7 A
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall.
Dm G7 C
And I'd dis - cuss the holy books with the learned men,
A7
several hours every day.
Dm7 B7 E7
That would be the sweetest thing of all.
A
If I were a rich man,
A7 -
Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum
Dº7/E Am
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
B7 E/
If I were a wealthy man; I !!
A
Wouldn't have to work hard
A7 - A+7sus4 - A7i -
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
Dº7/E Am
Lord who made the lion and the lamb,
Dº7/E Am
You decreed I should be what I am.
Dº7/E Am G F#m6
Would it spoil some vast e - ternal plan?/
- E7 A A - E - A//
If I were a weal - thy man.
A x02220
A7 x02020
Dº7/E x20101
Am x02210
B7 x24242
E 022100
A+7sus4 x0303x
A7i x0565x
E7 020130
Dm xx0231
G7 320001
Cmaj7 x32000
E9/B x22132
D xx0232
F#7 24232x
Bm x24432
Dm7 xx0211
B7 x21202
C x32010
Bb7 x13131
E 0xxxxx
F 1xxxxx
G 3xxxxx
A x0xxxx
Bb x1xxxx
C x3xxxx
C# x4xxxx
Bb x13331
Gm 355333
Gm6/E 01203x
G 3200xx
F#m6 20124x
I used powertab freeware for chordnames and found that tuning ½ down changes those
names. I rewrote the names according to normal tuning. 