Hakuna Matata Chords

Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play Hakuna Matata Chords from the Disney movie on guitar.

On this page you will find :

The chords with explanations

The lyrics

The score PDF

Hakuna Matata with chords

This Disney music is composed of one main part.

We will therefore only look at chorus and main part.

Chorus of the song Hakuna Matata with chords

This song you can hear in The Lion King starts with the chorus. To play it on the guitar, you need to know some chords :

hakuna matata chords

When these chords are ready, you can read the following tab to play the chorus of the music:

Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.

hakuna matata guitar
Tab text
F
Hakuna Matata!
Bb C
What a wonderful phrase
C
Hakuna Matata!
D G E
Ain’t no passing craze
Am
It means no worries
F D
For the rest of your days
C G
It’s our problem-free philosophy
C
Hakuna Matata!

Main part of the Disney music

To play the main part of the song, you will need to know one last chord in addition to the previous ones :

hakuna matata lyrics

When this new position is ready and mastered, you can go on and play this Disney chords with your guitar :

the lion king chords
Tab text
Bb F C
Why, when he was a young warthog
Bb F C
When I was a young wart-hoooog !
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 C
And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind
C
And oh, the shame
G
Thought of changin’ my name
Bb
And I got downhearted
Every time that I-
Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids! Oh… sorry

Play an other Disney song like Under the sea Chords from The Little Mermaid.

Hakuna Matata lyrics

The song Hakuna Matata in The Lion King form Disney is composed of a chorus and a main part.

The structure of the lyrics is simple:

Chorus – Main part – Chorus

Chorus

Hakuna Matata!
What a wonderful phrase
Hakuna Matata!
Ain’t no passing craze
It means no worries
For the rest of your days
It’s our problem-free philosophy
Hakuna Matata!

Main Part

Why, when he was a young warthog
When I was a young wart-hoooog!
He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal
He could clear the Savannah after every meal
I’m a sensitive soul, though I seem thick-skinned
And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind
And oh, the shame
Thought of changin’ my name
And I got downhearted
Every time that I-
Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids! Oh… sorry

Chorus

Find all with tabs and guitar scores on Decibel Score.

PDF Disney score to play Hakuna Matata

The following score from Disney is a “home-made” PDF score that we created according to the above frameworks and explanations.

This summarizes everything we just covered. You can download it for free to play Hakuna Matata chords from The Lion King on guitar.