Chords:
{t: Accentuate the Positive - alternative } {key: C} {artist:Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers} Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, published in 1944 You've got to [C] ac[Caug]centu[Am/C]ate the [C7-3] positive [F] E[Fm]lim[Dm7]inate the [G7] negative And [C] latch [Caug] on [Am/C] to the aff[C7-3]irmative [Dm7] Don't mess with [G7] Mister In-Be[C]tween {c: } You've got to [C] spread [Caug] joy [Am/C] up to the [C7-3] maximum [F] Bring [Fm] gloom [Dm7] down to the [G7] minimum [C] Have [Caug] faith [Am/C] or pande[C7-3]monium’s [Dm7] Liable to [G7] walk upon the [C] scene {c: } [C] To illustrate my last re[C7]mark [C] Jonah in the [F] whale, Noah in the [C] ark [F] [C] (STOP) What did they do [F] [C] [C] Just when [A7] everything looked so [D7] dark? [G7] {c: } You've got to [C] ac[Caug]centu[Am/C]ate the [C7-3] positive [F] E[Fm]lim[Dm7]inate the [G7] negative And [C] latch [Caug] on [Am/C] to the aff[C7-3]irmative [Dm7] Don't mess with [G7] Mister In-Be[C]tween {sos} You've got to [C] ac[Caug]centu[Am/C]ate the [C7-3] positive [F] E[Fm]lim[Dm7]inate the [G7] negative And [C] latch [Caug] on [Am/C] to the aff[C7-3]irmative [Dm7] Don't mess with [G7] Mister In-Be[C]tween {eos} [C] To illustrate my last re[C7]mark [C] Jonah in the [F] whale, Noah in the [C] ark [F] [C] (STOP) What did they do [F] [C] [C] Just when [A7] everything looked so [D7] dark? [G7] {c: } You've got to [C] ac[Caug]centu[Am/C]ate the [C7-3] positive [F] E[Fm]lim[Dm7]inate the [G7] negative And [C] latch [Caug] on [Am/C] to the aff[C7-3]irmative [Dm7] Don't mess with [G7] Mister In-Be[C]tween {c: } No, [Dm7] Don't mess with [G7] Mister In-Be[C]tween No, [Dm7] Don't mess with [G7] Mister In-Be[C]tween [Fm] [C]