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