If I Were A Rich Man Uke tab by Fiddler On The Roof

14 Chords used in the song: A, A7, Dm, Am, E, E7, G7, C, G, D#, D, F, Bb, Gm

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Year:  1971
Difficulty: 
4.21
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Original key: -1.5 step(s) (original tuning)
Chord progression arranged for the Ukulele
A chordA                                                                  A7 chordA7
If I were a rich man, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm chordDm Am chordAm E chordE E7 chordE7
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum, if I were a wealthy man
A chordA A7 chordA7
I wouldn't have to work hard, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm chordDm Am chordAm E chordE E7 chordE7 A chordA
If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man


Dm chordDm G7 chordG7 C chordC Am chordAm
I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen, right in the middle of the town
Dm chordDm G chordG A chordA (A7 chordA7)
A chordA fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
Dm chordDm G chordG C chordC Am chordAm
There would be one long staircase just going up, and one even longer coming down,
Dm chordDm B7 chordB7(D# chordD#) E7 chordE7
and one more leading nowhere, just for show


D chordD G7 chordG7
I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese
C chordC Am chordAm
and ducks for the town to see and hear
Dm chordDm G chordG A chordA (A7 chordA7)
Squawking just as noisily as they can
Dm chordDm G chordG
And each loud "cheep" and "squawk" and "honk" and "quack"
C chordC Am chordAm
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
Dm chordDm B7 chordB7(D# chordD#) E7 chordE7
As if to say, "Here lives a wealthy man"

(Chorus)

Dm chordDm G7 chordG7 C chordC Am chordAm
I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife with a proper double chin
Dm chordDm G chordG A chordA (A7 chordA7)
Supervising meals to her heart's delight
Dm chordDm G chordG C chordC Am chordAm
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock—Oh what a happy mood she's in
Dm chordDm B7 chordB7(D# chordD#) E7 chordE7
Screaming at the servants, day and night
E7 chordE7 G chordG F chordF C chordC Bb chordBb A chordA
The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!
Dm chordDm
They would ask me to advise them,
Bb chordBb
Like a Solomon the Wise.
Gm chordGm
"If you please, Reb Tevye..."
Gm chordGm
"Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."
A7 chordA7
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes!


Dm chordDm G7 chordG7 C chordC A7 chordA7
And it won't make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong.
Dm chordDm B7 chordB7(D# chordD#) E7 chordE7
When you're rich, they think you really know!
D chordD G7 chordG7
If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
C chordC Am chordAm
To sit in the synagogue and pray.

Dm chordDm G chordG A chordA (A7 chordA7)
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall.

Dm chordDm G chordG C chordC A7 chordA7
And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day.
Dm chordDm B7 chordB7(D# chordD#) E7 chordE7
That would be the sweetest thing of all.


A chordA A7 chordA7
If I were a rich man, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm chordDm Am chordAm E chordE E7 chordE7
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum, if I were a wealthy man
A chordA A7 chordA7
I wouldn't have to work hard, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Dm chordDm Am chordAm
Lord, who made the lion and the lamb
Dm chordDm Am chordAm
You decreed I should be what I am
Dm chordDm Am chordAm
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan
Dm chordDm E7 chordE7 A chordA
If I were a wealthy man

Uke tab by , 02 Apr 2016

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