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ai,ai,ai ai
[Verse 1]
A
If I were a rich man, daidel diedel, daidel, daidel, daidel, diedel, daidel, dum
E Am
All day long I'd, biddy biddy bum
B7 A E
If I were a wealthy man
[Verse 2]
A
I wouldn't have to work hard, daidel diedel, daidel, daidel, daidel, diedel, daidel, dum
E Am E A
If I were a biddy, biddy rich, daidel, daidel, diedel, daidel, man
[Verse 3]
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I'd - build - a - big tall house, with rooms by the dozen
C G7 A#7 A7
Right in the middle of the town
[Verse 4]
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A fine tin roof, with real wooden floors below
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There-would-be one long staircase, just going up
C G A#7 A7
And one more even comin' down
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One more leading nowhere, just for show
[Verse 5]
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I'd - fill - my - yard with fowl, with chicks, geese and turkeys
A F#7
And ducks for one and all the time
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Squawking just, as noisily, as they can
[Verse 6]
A Dm G7
And each loud: pappachee, pappacha, pappachoe, pappacho
A/C A7
Would land like a trumpet in the ear
Dm D#m Dm E E E
As if to say, here lives a wealthy man ai,ai,ai, ai,ai,ai, ai,ai
(Pause)
[Verse 1]
A
If I were a rich man, daidel diedel, daidel, daidel, daidel, diedel, daidel, dum
E Am
All day long I'd, biddy biddy bum
B7 A E
If I were a wealthy man
[Verse 7]
A
I wouldn't have to work hard, daidel diedel, daidel, daidel, daidel, diedel, daidel, dum
E Am E Am
Lord, who made the lion and the lamb, you decreed I should be what I am
E Am
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan?
[Outro]
Gm E N.C. E A E A
If, I were a.... wealthy....man....? (strokes)
