If I Were A Rich Man

If I were a rich man,

daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh, deedle,

daidle, dum, (G7)all day long I'd (Cm)biddy,

biddy bum, if (F#dim)I were a wealthy (G7)man.

(C)Wouldn't have to work hard,

daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh, deedle,

daidle, dum, (G7)if I were a (Cm)biddy,

biddy bum, if (F#dim)I were a wealthy (G7)man.

(F#dim)digguh, digguh, (G7)deedle daidle (C)man.

I'd build a (Fm)big tall house with (Bb7)rooms ing by the dozen (Eb)right in the middle of the town;

(C7)a (Fm)fine tin roof with (G7)real wooden floors (C)below.

(C7)There could be (Fm)one long staircase (Bb7)just ting going up and (Eb)one even longer coming down,

(C7)and (Fm)one more leading (F#dim)nowhere just for (G7)show.

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

(Dm7)squawking just as (G7)noisily as they (C)can.

And each loud (Fm)quack and cluck and (Bb7)gobble and honk will (Eb)land like a trumpet on the ear,

(C7)as (Fm)if to say here (F#dim)lives a wealthy (G7)man.

(C)If I were a rich man,

daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh, deedle,

daidle, dum, (G7)all day long I'd (Cm)biddy biddy bum,

(F#dim)if I were a wealthy (G7)man.

(C)Wouldn't have to work hard,

daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh, deedle,

daidle, dum.

(G7)all day long I'd (Cm)biddy biddy bum,

(F#dim)if I were a wealthy (G7)man.

Lord, who made the (Cm)lion and the lamb,

(G7)you decreed I (Cm)should be what I am.

(G7)Would it spoil some (Cm)vast eternal (A7)plan,

(D7)if I were a (G7)wealthy (C)man?