If I Were A Rich Man - Topol Intro: A A A A |Chorus: |A | If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum |Dm Am E7 E7 | All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man* | A |I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum |Dm Am E7 A | If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man* Verse 1: Dm G7 I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen, C Am right in the middle of the town Dm G A A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below [A7] Dm G There would be one long staircase just going up and C Am one even longer coming down (Slowing) And [Dm] one more leading [D#dim] nowhere just for [E7] show* Verse 2: Dm G7 I'd...fill...my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and C Am ducks for the town to see and hear Dm G A Squawking just as noisily as they can [A7] Dm G And each loud "cheep" and "squawk" and "honk" and "quack" would C Am land like a trumpet on the ear (Slowing) As [Dm] if to say here [D#dim] lives a wealthy [E7] man* Chorus: Verse 3: Dm G7 I'd..see..my wife, my Golda, looking like a rich man's C Am wife with a proper double chin Dm G A Sup-er-vi-sing meals to her heart's delight [A7] Dm G I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock, C Am oh, what a happy mood she's in (Slowing) [Dm] Screaming at the [D#dim] servants, day and [E7] night* |Chorus: |A | If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum |Dm Am E7 E7 | All day long I'd biddy biddy bum if I were a wealthy man* | A |I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum |Dm Am E7 A | If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man* [Single Strum] Dm Am Lord who made the lion and the lamb Dm Am You decreed I should be what I am Dm Am Would it spoil some VAST ETERNAL PLAN ! (Slowing) Dm E7 A A If I were a wealthy maaaaaan [A] [E7*] [A*]