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If I Were A Rich Man - Topol
Intro:
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|Chorus:
|A
| If I were a rich man, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
|Dm                Am               E7                   E7
| All day long I'd  biddy biddy bum  if I were a wealthy  man*
|  A
|I wouldn't have to work hard, ya ba dibbie dibbie, doobie dibbie dibbie dibbie dum
|Dm           Am                 E7                       A
| If I were a  biddy biddy rich,  idle-deedle-didle-didle  man*
 
Verse 1: 
            Dm                   G7                   
I'd build a  big tall house with  rooms by the dozen,  
C                           Am
 right in the middle of the  town
  Dm                  G                     A     
A  fine tin roof with  real wooden floors below [A7]
               Dm                  G                  
There would be  one long staircase  just going up and  
C                       Am
 one even longer coming  down
{blue}(Slowing){/blue}  And [Dm] one more leading [D#dim] nowhere just for [E7] show*
       
 
Verse 2: 
                Dm                    G7                     
I'd...fill...my  yard with chicks and  turkeys and geese and  
C                              Am
 ducks for the town to see and  hear
Dm                 G                A    
 Squawking just as  noisily as they  can [A7]
               Dm                        G                         
And each loud   "cheep" and "squawk" and  "honk" and "quack" would  
C                           Am
 land like a trumpet on the  ear
{blue}(Slowing){/blue} As [Dm] if to say here [D#dim] lives a wealthy [E7] man*

Chorus:

Verse 3: 
                   Dm         G7                         
I'd..see..my wife,  my Golda,  looking like a rich man's  
C                          Am
 wife with a proper double  chin
Dm              G                       A       
 Sup-er-vi-sing  meals to her heart's delight [A7]
          Dm                   G                          
I see her  putting on airs and  strutting like a peacock, 
C                            Am
 oh, what a happy mood she's  in
{blue}(Slowing){/blue} [Dm] Screaming at the [D#dim] servants, day and [E7] night*

[Single Strum]
Dm                 Am
 Lord who made the  lion and the lamb
Dm             Am
 You decreed I  should be what I am
Dm                   Am
 Would it spoil some  VAST ETERNAL PLAN !
{blue}(Slowing){/blue}
Dm           E7       A    A   
 If I were a  wealthy  maaaaaan [A]

[E7*] [A*]

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