The Lion King - Hakuna Matata chords by Cartoons Music

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

From the 1994 (original) Lion King soundtrack

♫ Intro:
     F Bb F          C F C
Hakuna matata!  What a wonderful phrase!


♫ Chorus:
     F   D         G (optional bass=A Bb B)
Hakuna matata! Ain't no passing craze!
  E    Am    F          D
It means no worries, for the rest of your days
     C        G   G7
It's our problem-free philosophy
    C
Hakuna matata!

♫ Bridge 1:
Bb (arpeggio) F     C (with optional voice-over about "our motto")
Bb       F     C

"Take Pumbaa here:"

     Bb    F    C
Why, when he was a young warthog
  Bb    F   C
When I was a young warthog / Very nice / Thanks

  Eb            F
He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal
     C            G
He could clear the savannah after every meal
   Bb           F     C
I'm a sensitive soul though I seem thick-skinned
    Eb      F            G
And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind

  (F)    C F C
And, oh, the shame! / He was ashamed
            G C G
Thought of changin' my name! / Oh, what's in a name?
       Bb Eb Bb
And I got downhearted / How did ya feel? / Everytime that I...
Hey! Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids! / Oh. Sorry

♫ Chorus:
(C)    F           C
 Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase
     F   D7        G (Am Bb B)
Hakuna Matata! Ain't no passing craze
  E    Am   C   (F)      D
It means no worries for the rest of your days (Yeah, sing it kid!)
     C        G    G7     C
It's our problem-free, Philosophy   Hakuna Matata!

♫ Bridge 2:
F  C (repeat ad-lib)

C   F   G   C (chords)
E C F A G B C (optional ascending melody line over/within those chords)

C
  Hakuna matata, Hakuna matata
G
Hakuna matata, Hakuna matata:

♫ Chorus:
       Am   F          D7/F#
 It means no worries for the rest of your days
     C        G   G7
It's our problem-free philosophy

     Am         G
Hakuna matata!   Hakuna matata!
     Am      F       G
Hakuna matata!   Haku___na ma-ta-taaa!

♫ Outro:
C  F (repeat ad lib with vocal trumpet and scatting)

C
I say Hakuna, you say matata,
F7       G
Hakuna matata Hakuna matata

C  F
C


Notes: optional extra chords are in parentheses e.g. (C)