Chords for Fiddler on the roof - If I were a rich man (with subtitles)
Tempo:
143.95 bpm
Chords used:
G#
C#
F#m
E
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
to death.
Oh dear lord, you made many many poor people.
I realize of course it's no shame to be
poor, but it's no great honor either.
[G#]
So what would have been so terrible if I had the small fortune?
If I were a rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da [C#]-ba-da-ba-dum.
[F#] [C#m] All day long I biddy-biddy-bum.
If I were a wealthy man, I [C#] wouldn't have to wear a con.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
[G#] If I were [C#m] a biddy-biddy-rich, idle [C#]-diddle-diddle-idle man, I'd build a [F#] big tall house with [B]
rooms by the dozen, [E] right in the middle of the town.
[C#] [F#m] A fine tin roof [G#] with real [E] wooden floors [C#] below.
There would [F#m] be one long staircase just [E] going up, and one even longer [G#m] coming [C#] down, [F#m] and one more leading [C#] nowhere just [G#] for show.
[C#m] [G#] [D#m] I'd fill my yard with chicks [G#] and turkeys and geese [C#] and ducks for the town to [A#] see and hear, [D#] squawking [D] just [G#] as noisily as they [C#] can.
And each [B] loud giggle, giggle, [A]
giggle, [B] [E] will land like a trumpet [G#] on the ear, [C#] [F#m] as if to say, [E]
here lives a [G#] wealthy man.
[C#]
If I were a rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
[F] All [C] day [G#] long I [C#m] biddy-biddy-bum.
[A#] If I were a [D#] wealthy [G#] man, [C#] I wouldn't have to wear a con.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
[G#] [Fm] [G#] If I were a [C#m] biddy-biddy-rich, [G#] idle, diddle, diddle, [C#] diddle man, I'd [D#m] see [C#] my [F#m] wife, my [G#m] goldie, looking like a rich [E] man's wife with a proper double chin, [C#] [F#m] [G#] supervising meals to her [C#] heart's delight.
I see her [F#m] putting on [B] airs and strutting like a [E] peacock, oh, what a happy [D] mooch is in, [C#] [F#m] screaming at [Gm] the servants [G#] day and night.
[F#m] [E] [C#]
[A] The [B] most [A] important man in town will [Bm] come to phone [A] on me.
[F#m] They'll ask me to advise [A] them [D] like Solomon the Wise.
[Bm] If you please, Rebbe Tevye, [A] [G#]
pardon me, Rebbe [Bm] Tevye, [C#]
posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes.
Ya-da-de [A#]-da-da, ya-da-da-da-da, ya-da -da [C#]-da-da!
[D#m] [C#]
[F#m] And it won't [B] make one bit of [C#] difference if I answer right or wrong.
When [A] you're rich, they think you really [G#] know.
[F#] If I were [D#m] rich, I'd have the time that I [C#] like to sit in the synagogue and [F] pray.
[A#] [D#m] And maybe have [G#] a seat by the [C#] eastern wall.
And [F#m] I'd discuss the [B] holy books with the learned [E] men seven hours [G#] every day.
[C#] [F#m] And that would be [Gm] the sweetest thing of [G#]
all.
If I were a [C#] rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
[G#] All day long, [C#m] I'd ba-da-ba-da-bum.
[D#] If I were a wealthy [G#] man, [C#] I would have to work hard.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba -dum.
[G#]
Lord, who made the [C#m] lion and the [G#] lamb, you decreed I [C#m] should be what I [G#] am.
Would it spoil [C#m] some vast eternal [A#m]
plan?
[G#] If I were a wealthy [C#]
man.
Ya -ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-da [G#] [C#] [F#]
[G#]-bum.
Ya-ba-da
[E]
[N] [G#]
-ba-da-ba-da-da-bum.
Tiveia!
Tiveia!
Where's your horse?
Well, he decided to take the day off.
Have a good Sabbath.
Oh dear lord, you made many many poor people.
I realize of course it's no shame to be
poor, but it's no great honor either.
[G#]
So what would have been so terrible if I had the small fortune?
If I were a rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da [C#]-ba-da-ba-dum.
[F#] [C#m] All day long I biddy-biddy-bum.
If I were a wealthy man, I [C#] wouldn't have to wear a con.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
[G#] If I were [C#m] a biddy-biddy-rich, idle [C#]-diddle-diddle-idle man, I'd build a [F#] big tall house with [B]
rooms by the dozen, [E] right in the middle of the town.
[C#] [F#m] A fine tin roof [G#] with real [E] wooden floors [C#] below.
There would [F#m] be one long staircase just [E] going up, and one even longer [G#m] coming [C#] down, [F#m] and one more leading [C#] nowhere just [G#] for show.
[C#m] [G#] [D#m] I'd fill my yard with chicks [G#] and turkeys and geese [C#] and ducks for the town to [A#] see and hear, [D#] squawking [D] just [G#] as noisily as they [C#] can.
And each [B] loud giggle, giggle, [A]
giggle, [B] [E] will land like a trumpet [G#] on the ear, [C#] [F#m] as if to say, [E]
here lives a [G#] wealthy man.
[C#]
If I were a rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
[F] All [C] day [G#] long I [C#m] biddy-biddy-bum.
[A#] If I were a [D#] wealthy [G#] man, [C#] I wouldn't have to wear a con.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
[G#] [Fm] [G#] If I were a [C#m] biddy-biddy-rich, [G#] idle, diddle, diddle, [C#] diddle man, I'd [D#m] see [C#] my [F#m] wife, my [G#m] goldie, looking like a rich [E] man's wife with a proper double chin, [C#] [F#m] [G#] supervising meals to her [C#] heart's delight.
I see her [F#m] putting on [B] airs and strutting like a [E] peacock, oh, what a happy [D] mooch is in, [C#] [F#m] screaming at [Gm] the servants [G#] day and night.
[F#m] [E] [C#]
[A] The [B] most [A] important man in town will [Bm] come to phone [A] on me.
[F#m] They'll ask me to advise [A] them [D] like Solomon the Wise.
[Bm] If you please, Rebbe Tevye, [A] [G#]
pardon me, Rebbe [Bm] Tevye, [C#]
posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes.
Ya-da-de [A#]-da-da, ya-da-da-da-da, ya-da -da [C#]-da-da!
[D#m] [C#]
[F#m] And it won't [B] make one bit of [C#] difference if I answer right or wrong.
When [A] you're rich, they think you really [G#] know.
[F#] If I were [D#m] rich, I'd have the time that I [C#] like to sit in the synagogue and [F] pray.
[A#] [D#m] And maybe have [G#] a seat by the [C#] eastern wall.
And [F#m] I'd discuss the [B] holy books with the learned [E] men seven hours [G#] every day.
[C#] [F#m] And that would be [Gm] the sweetest thing of [G#]
all.
If I were a [C#] rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
[G#] All day long, [C#m] I'd ba-da-ba-da-bum.
[D#] If I were a wealthy [G#] man, [C#] I would have to work hard.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba -dum.
[G#]
Lord, who made the [C#m] lion and the [G#] lamb, you decreed I [C#m] should be what I [G#] am.
Would it spoil [C#m] some vast eternal [A#m]
plan?
[G#] If I were a wealthy [C#]
man.
Ya -ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-da [G#] [C#] [F#]
[G#]-bum.
Ya-ba-da
[E]
[N] [G#]
-ba-da-ba-da-da-bum.
Tiveia!
Tiveia!
Where's your horse?
Well, he decided to take the day off.
Have a good Sabbath.
Key:
G#
C#
F#m
E
C#m
G#
C#
F#m
to death.
_ _ _ _ Oh dear lord, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you made many many poor people.
_ _ I realize of course it's no shame to be
poor, _ but it's no great honor either. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ So what would have been so terrible _ if I had _ the small fortune? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If I were a rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da [C#]-ba-da-ba-dum. _
_ [F#] [C#m] All day long I biddy-biddy-bum.
If I were a wealthy man, I [C#] wouldn't have to wear a con.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
_ _ [G#] If I were [C#m] a biddy-biddy-rich, idle [C#]-diddle-diddle-idle man, _ I'd build a [F#] big tall house with [B]
rooms by the dozen, [E] right in the middle of the town.
[C#] _ [F#m] A fine tin roof [G#] with real [E] wooden floors [C#] below. _ _ _
There would [F#m] be one long staircase just [E] going up, and one even longer [G#m] coming [C#] down, [F#m] and one more leading [C#] nowhere just [G#] for show. _
[C#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ [D#m] _ I'd fill my _ yard with chicks [G#] and turkeys and geese [C#] and ducks for the town to [A#] see and hear, _ _ [D#] _ squawking [D] just [G#] as noisily as they [C#] can. _ _ _
And each [B] loud giggle, giggle, [A]
giggle, [B] _ [E] will land like a trumpet [G#] on the ear, [C#] _ _ [F#m] as if to say, [E]
here lives a [G#] wealthy _ man.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
If I were a rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum. _ _
[F] All [C] day [G#] long I [C#m] biddy-biddy-bum.
[A#] If I were a [D#] wealthy [G#] man, [C#] I wouldn't have to wear a con.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum. _
_ [G#] _ [Fm] [G#] If I were a [C#m] biddy-biddy-rich, [G#] idle, diddle, diddle, [C#] diddle man, _ _ I'd [D#m] see _ [C#] my [F#m] wife, my [G#m] goldie, looking like a rich [E] man's wife with a proper double chin, _ [C#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G#] supervising meals to her [C#] heart's delight. _ _ _
I see her [F#m] putting on [B] airs and strutting like a [E] peacock, oh, what a happy [D] mooch is in, [C#] _ _ [F#m] screaming at [Gm] the servants [G#] day and night. _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ [C#] _
[A] The [B] most [A] important man in town will [Bm] come to phone [A] on me.
[F#m] _ They'll ask me to advise [A] them [D] _ like Solomon the Wise.
_ _ _ [Bm] If you please, Rebbe Tevye, [A] _ _ [G#]
pardon me, Rebbe _ [Bm] Tevye, _ [C#] _
_ posing problems that would cross a rabbi's _ _ eyes.
Ya-da-de [A#]-da-da, ya-da-da-da-da, ya-da _ -da [C#]-da-da!
_ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#m] And it won't [B] make one bit of [C#] difference if I answer right or wrong. _
_ When [A] you're rich, they think you really [G#] _ know. _ _ _ _
_ [F#] If I were _ [D#m] rich, I'd have the time that I [C#] like to sit in the synagogue and [F] pray. _
[A#] [D#m] And maybe have [G#] a seat by the [C#] eastern wall.
_ _ And [F#m] I'd discuss the [B] holy books with the learned [E] men seven hours [G#] every day.
[C#] _ [F#m] And that would be [Gm] the sweetest thing of [G#] _ _ _
all. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ If I were a [C#] rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
_ _ [G#] All day long, [C#m] I'd ba-da-ba-da-bum.
[D#] If I were a wealthy [G#] man, [C#] I would have to work hard.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba _ -dum.
[G#]
Lord, who made the [C#m] lion and the [G#] lamb, you decreed I [C#m] should be what I [G#] am.
Would it spoil [C#m] some vast eternal [A#m]
plan?
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ If I were a _ wealthy _ [C#] _
man.
Ya _ -ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-da _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [G#]-bum.
Ya-ba-da _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ -ba-da-ba-da-da-bum.
Tiveia!
Tiveia!
Where's your horse?
Well, he decided to take the day off.
_ Have a good Sabbath.
_ _ _ _ Oh dear lord, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you made many many poor people.
_ _ I realize of course it's no shame to be
poor, _ but it's no great honor either. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ So what would have been so terrible _ if I had _ the small fortune? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If I were a rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da [C#]-ba-da-ba-dum. _
_ [F#] [C#m] All day long I biddy-biddy-bum.
If I were a wealthy man, I [C#] wouldn't have to wear a con.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
_ _ [G#] If I were [C#m] a biddy-biddy-rich, idle [C#]-diddle-diddle-idle man, _ I'd build a [F#] big tall house with [B]
rooms by the dozen, [E] right in the middle of the town.
[C#] _ [F#m] A fine tin roof [G#] with real [E] wooden floors [C#] below. _ _ _
There would [F#m] be one long staircase just [E] going up, and one even longer [G#m] coming [C#] down, [F#m] and one more leading [C#] nowhere just [G#] for show. _
[C#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ [D#m] _ I'd fill my _ yard with chicks [G#] and turkeys and geese [C#] and ducks for the town to [A#] see and hear, _ _ [D#] _ squawking [D] just [G#] as noisily as they [C#] can. _ _ _
And each [B] loud giggle, giggle, [A]
giggle, [B] _ [E] will land like a trumpet [G#] on the ear, [C#] _ _ [F#m] as if to say, [E]
here lives a [G#] wealthy _ man.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
If I were a rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum. _ _
[F] All [C] day [G#] long I [C#m] biddy-biddy-bum.
[A#] If I were a [D#] wealthy [G#] man, [C#] I wouldn't have to wear a con.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum. _
_ [G#] _ [Fm] [G#] If I were a [C#m] biddy-biddy-rich, [G#] idle, diddle, diddle, [C#] diddle man, _ _ I'd [D#m] see _ [C#] my [F#m] wife, my [G#m] goldie, looking like a rich [E] man's wife with a proper double chin, _ [C#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G#] supervising meals to her [C#] heart's delight. _ _ _
I see her [F#m] putting on [B] airs and strutting like a [E] peacock, oh, what a happy [D] mooch is in, [C#] _ _ [F#m] screaming at [Gm] the servants [G#] day and night. _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ [C#] _
[A] The [B] most [A] important man in town will [Bm] come to phone [A] on me.
[F#m] _ They'll ask me to advise [A] them [D] _ like Solomon the Wise.
_ _ _ [Bm] If you please, Rebbe Tevye, [A] _ _ [G#]
pardon me, Rebbe _ [Bm] Tevye, _ [C#] _
_ posing problems that would cross a rabbi's _ _ eyes.
Ya-da-de [A#]-da-da, ya-da-da-da-da, ya-da _ -da [C#]-da-da!
_ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#m] And it won't [B] make one bit of [C#] difference if I answer right or wrong. _
_ When [A] you're rich, they think you really [G#] _ know. _ _ _ _
_ [F#] If I were _ [D#m] rich, I'd have the time that I [C#] like to sit in the synagogue and [F] pray. _
[A#] [D#m] And maybe have [G#] a seat by the [C#] eastern wall.
_ _ And [F#m] I'd discuss the [B] holy books with the learned [E] men seven hours [G#] every day.
[C#] _ [F#m] And that would be [Gm] the sweetest thing of [G#] _ _ _
all. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ If I were a [C#] rich man, ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-dum.
_ _ [G#] All day long, [C#m] I'd ba-da-ba-da-bum.
[D#] If I were a wealthy [G#] man, [C#] I would have to work hard.
Ya-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba _ -dum.
[G#]
Lord, who made the [C#m] lion and the [G#] lamb, you decreed I [C#m] should be what I [G#] am.
Would it spoil [C#m] some vast eternal [A#m]
plan?
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ If I were a _ wealthy _ [C#] _
man.
Ya _ -ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-da _ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [G#]-bum.
Ya-ba-da _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ -ba-da-ba-da-da-bum.
Tiveia!
Tiveia!
Where's your horse?
Well, he decided to take the day off.
_ Have a good Sabbath.