Sung in the 1998 Disney film by Donny Osmond, enjoy the letter notes for the most memorable song in Mulan 🙂
^E B ^D A B – ^D
Let’s get down to business
A B-^C ^D A
To defeat the Huns
^E B ^D A B – ^D
Did they send me daughters
A B ^C ^D ^D
When I asked for sons?
D D E – E E A G-F# F#
You’re the saddest bunch I ever met
F# G A B ^C-B D E
But you can bet before we’re through
^C – B G E B A G F# G-F#-E
Mister, I’ll make a man out of you
^E – B ^D A B-^D
Tranquil as a forest
A B ^C ^D-A
But on fire within
^E B ^D A B-^D
Once you find your center
A B ^C ^D ^D
You are sure to win!
D D E – E E A-G-F# F#
You’re a spineless, pale, pathetic lot
G A B-^C B D E
And you haven’t got a clue
^C – B G E B A B ^D ^E
Somehow I’ll make a man out of you!
E E-E E-E F# F# F#
I’m never gonna catch my breath
G G – G G B F# A G
Say goodbye to those who knew me
A A A A ^D A ^C B A-G G
Boy, was I a fool in school for cutting gym
A A A A B B B
This guy’s got ’em scared to death
B B B-B ^E B ^D ^C
Hope he doesn’t see right through me
A A A-A ^D# ^D ^C B A G ^E
Now I really wish that I knew how to swim
E F# G
Be a man
G G G A F# D ^C – B A-G
We must be swift as the coursing river
E F# G
Be a man
G G G A F# D ^C B-A-G
With all the force of a great typhoon
E F# G
Be a man
G G G A F# D ^C-B A-G
With all the strength of a raging fire
E-G-G-G G B A G F# ^D ^E
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon!