Ab   Db   Ab                      Ab/C         Bb        Bb/D 
              It's an honor and a privilege, a duty I perform 
     Eb/Bb        Eb7/G            Ab      Db      Ab 
With due sense of decorum and with pride 
                   Ab/C          Bb            Bb/D 
With deference and great respect very much the norm 
       Eb          Eb7           Ab      Db      Ab 
Plus a hint of sycophancy on the side 
   Db                          Ab/C 
To lay before my ruler all the facts about his realm 
   Bb             Bb7             Eb7 
To fill him in on all the beastly news 

MUFASA, spoken 
Yes, yes, Zazu, get on with it! 

ZAZU 
   Ab                            Bb 
In order that His Majesty stands sturdy at the helm 
 Eb7                            Ab 
Aware of all the fauna's latest views 

MUFASA, spoken 
Zazu! The morning report! 

ZAZU, spoken 
Er - yes, Sire: the morning report! 

Ab 

Ab 
Chimps are going ape, giraffes remain above it all 
Db 
Elephants remember, though just what I can't recall 
Bb 
Crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks 
       Eb 
Showed interest in my nest egg, but I quickly said, "No thanks!" 
   C 
We haven't paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch 
    Db                       Ab/Eb  Eb        Ab 
Not everyone invited will be coming back from lunch 


            Eb 
This is the morning report 
              Ab 
Gives you the long and the short 
      Eb 
Every grunt, roar, and snort 
      E 
Not a tale I distort 
       Gb        Ab 
On the morning report 

MUFASA, spoken 
What are you doing, son? 

YOUNG SIMBA, spoken 
Pouncing... 

MUFASA, spoken 
Ah. Let an old pro show you how it's done 


ZAZU 
    Ab 
The buffalo have got a beef about this season's grass 
Db 
Warthogs have been thwarted in attempts to save their gas 
    Bb 
Flamingoes in the pink and chasing secretary birds 
Eb 
Saffron is this season's color seen in all the herds 
C 
Moving down the rank and file to near the bottom rung 
Db                             Eb             N.C. 
Far too many beetles are quite frankly in the dung 

POUNCE! 
AAAAHH! 


YOUNG SIMBA 
            E 
This is the morning report 
              A 
Gives you the long and the short 
      E 
Every grunt, roar and snort 
      F 
Not a tale I distort 
       G 
On the morning report 
ALL 
            E 
This is the morning report 
              A 
Gives you the long and the short 
      E 
Every grunt, roar and snort 
      F 
Not a tale I distort 
       G 
On the morning report