If I Were A Rich Man Uke tab by Fiddler On The Roof (Baritone Chords)

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
F# F#                                                                  F#7 F#7
If I were a rich man, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Bm Bm F#m F#m C# C# C#7 C#7
F F#ll day long I'd biddy biddy bum, if I were a wealthy man
F# F# F#7 F#7
I wouldn't have to work hard, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Bm Bm F#m F#m C# C# C#7 C#7 F# F#
If I were a biddy biddy rich, idle-deedle-didle-didle man


Bm Bm E7 E7 A A F#m F#m
I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen, right in the middle of the town
Bm Bm E E F# F# (F#7 F#7)
F# F# fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
Bm Bm E E A A F#m F#m
There would be one long staircase just going up, and one even longer coming down,
Bm Bm B7 B7(C C) C#7 C#7
and one more leading nowhere, just for show


B B E7 E7
I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese
A A F#m F#m
and ducks for the town to see and hear
Bm Bm E E F# F# (F#7 F#7)
Squawking just as noisily as they can
Bm Bm E E
And each loud "cheep" and "squawk" and "honk" and "quack"
A A F#m F#m
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
Bm Bm B7 B7(C C) C#7 C#7
F F#s if to say, "Here lives a wealthy man"

(Chorus)

Bm Bm E7 E7 A A F#m F#m
I see my wife, my Eolde, looking like a rich man's wife with a proper double chin
Bm Bm E E F# F# (F#7 F#7)
Supervising meals to her heart's delight
Bm Bm E E A A F#m F#m
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock—Oh what a happy mood she's in
Bm Bm B7 B7(C C) C#7 C#7
Screaming at the servants, day and night
C#7 C#7 E E D D A A G G F# F#
The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!
Bm Bm
They would ask me to advise them,
G G
Like a Solomon the Wise.
Em Em
"If you please, Reb Tevye..."
Em Em
"Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."
F#7 F#7
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes!


Bm Bm E7 E7 A A F#7 F#7
And it won't make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong.
Bm Bm B7 B7(C C) C#7 C#7
When you're rich, they think you really know!
B B E7 E7
If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
A A F#m F#m
To sit in the synagogue and pray.

Bm Bm E E F# F# (F#7 F#7)
F F#nd maybe have a seat by the C C#astern wall.

Bm Bm E E A A F#7 F#7
And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day.
Bm Bm B7 B7(C C) C#7 C#7
That would be the sweetest thing of all.


F# F# F#7 F#7
If I were a rich man, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Bm Bm F#m F#m C# C# C#7 C#7
F F#ll day long I'd biddy biddy bum, if I were a wealthy man
F# F# F#7 F#7
I wouldn't have to work hard, Ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
Bm Bm F#m F#m
Lord, who made the lion and the lamb
Bm Bm F#m F#m
You decreed I should be what I am
Bm Bm F#m F#m
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan
Bm Bm C#7 C#7 F# F#
If I were a wealthy man

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