Pretty Fly for a Rabbi chords by Weird Al Yankovic
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Verse 1
(A minor) (How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy vey,
oy vey!
(How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy vey,
oy vey!
(How ya doin',
Bernie?) Oy vey, oy vey!
And all the goyim say I'm pretty fly (E flat5) for a (A minor) rab bi (E flat5) (A minor) (E minor) (G major)
(A minor) (D major) (C major)
Interlude 1
(A minor) (E minor) (G major) (A minor) (D major) (C major) (A minor) (E minor)
(G major) (A minor) (D major) (C major) (A minor)
(E minor) Mec cha leccha hi, (G major)
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Verse 2
(A minor)
meccha hiney hiney ho
(C major) Our
Verse 3
(A minor) temple's had a fair
share (G major) of (A minor) rabbis in the past (D major)
But (A minor) most of'em were (G major) nudniks and
(A minor) none of'em would (D major) last
But (A minor) our new guy's real kosher (G major) ,
I (A minor) think he'll do the (D major) trick
I tell (A minor) ya, he's to die for,
he really knows his (D major) shtick
(C major) So
Verse 4
(A minor) how's by you? (E minor) Have
you (A minor) seen this Jew (E flat major) ?
(C major) Reads the (G major) Torah,
(C major) does his (D major) own accounting (C major) too (G major)
(A minor) Work ing' like a dog
(E minor) at the (A minor) synagogue
(E minor) He's (C major) there all (G major) day, (C major) he's there (D major) all day
Verse 5
Just say (A minor) "Vay is mir!"
and (E minor) he'll kick (A minor) into gear
(E flat major) He'll bring you (C major) lots of (G major) cheer and (C major) maybe
(D major) bagels with some (C major) (G5) (F major) shmeer
Just (C major) grab (F major) your (G minor) (D major) yarmulka and
(A minor) Hey! Hey! (D major) Do that Hebrew (A minor) thing!
(How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy (E minor) (G major)
Verse 6
(A minor)
vey, (D major) oy (C major) vey!
(A minor) (How ya doin',
(E minor) (G major) (A minor) Bernie?) Oy vey, oy (C major) vey!
(A minor) (How ya doin',
(E minor) (G major) (A minor) Bernie?) Oy vey, (D major) oy (C major) vey!
And (A minor) all the goyim say (E minor) I'm
(G major) pretty (A minor) fly (for a (D major) (C major) rabbi)
Verse 7
He (A minor) shops at discount stores,
not (G major) just (A minor) any will suf (D major) fice
He (A minor) has to find a bargain 'cause
he won't pay retail (D major) price
He (A minor) never acts meshugga and
he's hardly a (D major) schlemiel
But (A minor) if you want to haggle, (G major) oy,
he'll (A minor) make you such a deal!
(G major) People
Verse 8
(A minor) used to scoff,
now (E minor) they say (A minor) "Mazel (E flat5) tov!"
He's (C major) such a (G major) (C major) macher 'cause
he works his (D major) (C major) tuchis off
(G major) Yeah, he (A minor) keeps his cool (E flat5) and
(A minor) teaches shul (E flat major)
What's (C major) not to (G major) like? (C major) What's not (D major) to like?
(C major) Oh high
Verse 9
(A minor) holy days,
you (E major) know he (A minor) prays and prays
(C major) And he never eats (G major) (C major) pastrami on
white (D major) bread with mayon (C major) naise
(G5) (F major) Put (C major) on (F major) your (G minor) (D major) (G5) yarmulka and
(A minor) Hey! Hey! (D major) Do that Hebrew (A minor) thing!
Verse 10
When he's (A minor) doing a Bar Mitzvah,
(C major) now (A minor) that you shouldn't miss
(D major) He'll (A minor) always shlep on (D major) down
for a (A minor) wedding or a (D major) briss
They say he's (A minor) got a lot of (D major) chutzpah, he's
(A minor) really quite hip
The parents pay the moyl and he
gets to keep the tip!
(How ya doin', (E minor) (G major)
Verse 11
(A minor) Bernie?) Oy vey, (D major)
oy (C major) vey!
(A minor) (How ya doin',
(E minor) (G major) (A minor) Bernie?) Oy vey, (D major) oy (C major) vey!
(A minor) (How ya doin', (E minor) (G major) (A minor) Bernie?) Oy vey, (D major)
oy (C major) vey! (A minor) (G major)
Verse 12
Meccha leccha hi, (C major)
meccha meccha cholly (D major) ho
(C major) He's
Verse 13
(A minor) doin' well, I gotta kv (E flat major) ell
The (C major) (G major) yentas love him,
(C major) even (D major) shicksas think he's (C major) swell
(G major) Show up (A minor) at his home,
(E flat major) he says, (A minor) "Shalom!" (E flat major)
And (C major) "Have some cake, (G major)
(C major) you want (D major) some cake?"
Verse 14
Yeah he (A minor) calls the shot (E flat major) s,
we (E major) really (A minor) love him lots (E flat major)
(C major) Oy (G major) gevalt, I'm (C major) so ferklempt that
(D major) I could (C major) (G major) (F major) plotz!
So (C major) grab (F major) your (G5) (G minor) (D major)
(G minor) (F major) yarmulka
The one (C major) you (F major) got for (G5) (G minor)
(D major) (G minor) (F major) Hanukah
Let's (C major) put on (F major) our
Verse 15
(G minor) (D major) yarmulkas and
(A minor) Hey! Hey! Do (D major) that Hebrew (A minor) thing!
Pretty Fly for a Rabbi
Weird Al Yankovic
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