IF I WERE A RICH MAN

(C)If I were a rich man, dai dle, dee dle, dai dle, dig guh, dig guh, dee dle, dai dle, dum,

(G7)all day long I’d (Cm)bid dy, bid dy bum, if (F#dim)I were a wealth y (G7)man.

(C)Would n’t have to work hard, dai dle, dee dle, dai dle, dig guh, dig guh, dee dle, dai dle, dum,

(G7)if I were a (Cm)bid dy, bid dy bum, if (F#dim)I were a wealth y (G7)man.

dig (F#dim)guh, dig guh, (G7)dee dle dai dle (C)man.

I’d build a (Fm)big tall house with (Bb7)rooms ing by the doz en (Eb)right in the mid dle of the town;

a (Fm)fine tin roof with (G7)real wood en floors be (C)low.

There could be (Fm)one long stair case (Bb7)just ting go ing up and (Eb)one e ven long er com ing down,

and (Fm)one more lead ing (F#dim)no where just for (G7)show.

(C7)I’d fill my (F)yard with chicks and (G7)tur keys and geese and (C)ducks for the town to see and (A7)hear,

(Dm7)squawk ing just as (G7)nois i ly as they (C)can.

And each loud (Fm)quack and cluck and (Bb7)gob ble and honk will (Eb)land like a trum pet on the ear,

as (Fm)if to say here (F#dim)lives a wealth y (G7)man.

(C)If I were a rich man, dai dle, dee dle, dai dle, dig guh, dig guh, dee dle, dai dle, dum,

(G7)all day long I’d (Cm)bid dy bid dy bum, (F#dim)if I were a wealth y (G7)man.

(C)Would n’t have to work hard, dai dle, dee dle, dai dle, dig guh, dig guh, dee dle, dai dle, dum.

(G7)all day long I’d (Cm)bid dy bid dy bum, (F#dim)if I were a wealth y (G7)man.

(G7)Lord, who made the (Cm)li on and the lamb, (G7)you de creed I (Cm)should be what I am.

(G7)Would it spoil some (Cm)vast e ter nal (A7)plan, (D7)if I were a (G7)wealth y (C)man?