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

I'd build a ^Dm big tall house with ^G7 rooms by the dozens ^Cmaj7 Right in the middle of the ^A7 town A ^Dm fine tin roof with ^E7 real wooden ^A floors below There could be ^Dm one long staircase ^G7 just going up And ^Cmaj7 one even longer coming ^A7 down ^Dm And one more leading ^B7 nowhere just for ^E7 show./

I'd fill my ^D yards with chicks and ^E9/B turkeys and geese And ^A ducks for the town to see and ^F#7 hear ^Bm Squawking just as ^E7 noisly as they ^A can And each loud ^D "cheep" and &quo^E9/Bt;swaqwk" and "honk" or "quack" Would ^A land like a trumpet on the ^F#7 ear As ^Dm7 if to say `here ^B7 lives a wealthy ^E7 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 wife, my Golde, ^G7 looking like a rich man's ^C wife (C) With a proper double - chin. ^Dm Supervising ^E7 meals to her heart's de - ^A light. I see her ^Dm7 putting on airs and ^G7 strutting like a peacock. C Bb7 A7 - Oy, what a happy mood she's in. ^Dm Screaming at the ^B7 servants, day and ^E7 night.

^E The ^F most ^G im - ^A por - ^G tant ^F men ^E in ^F town ^G would ^A come ^Bb to ^C fawn ^Bb on ^A 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 And it won't make ^G7 one bit of difference ^Cmaj7 if I answer right or ^A7 wrong. Dm/ B7/ E7/ When you're rich, they think you really know!

If I were ^D rich, I'd have the ^E9/B time that I lack To ^A sit in the synagogue and ^F#7 pray. And ^Bm maybe have a ^E7 seat by the Eastern ^A wall. And I'd dis - ^Dm cuss the holy ^G7 books with the learned ^C men, several hours every ^A7 day. ^Dm7 That would be the ^B7 sweetest thing of ^E7 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.

Fiddler On the Roof - If i were a rich man