Guitar chord I'll Make A Man Out Of You

Ill Make a Man Out of You is featured in Disneys 1998 animated movie Mulan. The song is performed by Captain Li Shang as he trains his clumsy recruits into soldiers. It was written to highlight the transformation and growth of the characters through rigorous training.

Key:  E 
Em
          
D/F#
       
G
 
Let's get down to business
D/F#
 
G
  
Am
         
D
 
To     defeat the Huns
Em
          
D/F#
       
G
 
Did they send me daughters
D/F#
 
G
  
Am
         
D
 
When I asked for sons?
                      
C/E
 
You're the saddest bunch
     
D/F#
 
I ever met
            
G
 
But you can bet
               
C
 
Before we're through
                        
D
 
Mister, I'll make a man
             
Em
   
D
 
Em
 
out of you

Em
          
D/F#
       
G
 
Tranquil as a forest
D/F#
 
G
  
Am
         
D
 
But on fire within
Em
          
D/F#
       
G
 
Once you find your center
D/F#
 
G
  
Am
         
D
 
you are sure to win
                    
C/E
 
You're a spineless, pale
               
D/F#
 
pathetic lot
         
G
 
And you haven't
       
C
 
got a clue
                      
D
 
Somehow I'll make a man
             
Em
   
D
 
Em
 
out of you

C
                  
D
 
I'm never gonna catch
my breath
B/D#
 
Say good-bye to those
                   
Em
 
who knew me
D/F#
                 
G
 
Boy, was I a fool in school
            
C
 
for cutting gym
  
C
 
This guy's got 'em
 
D
 
scared to death
B/D#
 
Hope he doesn't see
      
Em
 
right through me
D/F#
                   
G
 
Now I really wish that I
            
C
 
knew how to swim

    
D
  
C/E
 
(Be a man)
           
D/F#
 
We must be swift as
               
G
 
the coursing river
    
D
  
C/E
 
(Be a man)
C
             
D
 
With all the force
B/D#
            
Em
 
of a great typhoon
D
        
C/E
 
(Be a man)
C
              
D
 
With all the strength
     
B/D#
    
Em
 
of a raging fire
C
 
Mysterious as the
D
                
D2
   
E2
 
dark side of the moon

Fm
         
Eb/G
    
Ab
 
Time is racing toward us
Eb/G
  
Ab
  
Bbm
    
Eb
 
till  the Huns arrive
Fm
         
Eb/G
    
Ab
 
Heed my every order
Eb/G
 
Ab
  
Bbm
      
Eb
 
and  you might survive
          
Db
 
You're unsuited for
        
Eb
 
the rage of war
        
Ab
 
So pack up, go home
       
Db
 
you're through
                   
Eb
 
How could I make a man
           
Fm
 
out of you?

Eb
    
Db/F
 
(Be a man)
           
Eb/G
 
We must be swift as
             
Ab
 
the coursing river
    
Eb
 
Db/F
 
(Be a  man)
             
Eb
 
With all the force
     
C/E
          
Fm
 
of a great typhoon
    
Eb
 
Db/F
 
(Be a  man)
             
Eb
 
With all the strength
     
C/E
     
Fm
 
of a raging fire
   
Db
 
Mysterious as the
Eb
               
Eb2
  
Fm9
 
dark side of the moon