The Magnetic Fields - If I Were A Rich Man
July 31, 2007 · Print This Article
The Magnetic Fields - If I Were A Rich Man (Chords)
Hear the song on Cover Freak.
Many of Stephin Merritt’s songs have a strong musical theatre style to them. He has put out an album of showtunes and has said that he wants to write 100 Hollywood musicals. So it’s no great surprise to hear The Magnetic Fields covering a song from Fiddler on the Roof.
The scratchy out of tune uke on this song gave me a few problems transcribing it. I’m fairly sure he’s playing with a capo on the third fret or tuned to Eb (Bb Eb G C), but I’ve written the chords out for standard C-tuning. If you want to simplify the song, feel free to play the open chord positions.
Requested by maduke
Buy Knitting on the Roof US
thanks, woodshed, great work! trickier than i thought…getting the melody and the rhythm together
I absolutely can’t sing and play at the same time. No matter how easy the song is. Good luck with it.
thank you for your help
My pleasure, halit. Thanks for the comment.