Intro
[F] [F] [Gm] [C9]
[F] [F] [Gm7] [C]
[F]
Verse 1
[F] [Gm7] [Eb/G] [C] [Bb] [C]
You've got to accentuate the positive, e - li - minate the negative,
[F] [Gm] [C7] [F] [C#9] [C9]
latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-Between.
[F] [Gm7] [Eb/G] [C] [Bb] [C]
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum, bring gloom down to the minimum,
[F] [Gm] [C7] [F] [Bb]
have faith or pandemonium, liable to walk upon the scene.
Chorus
[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
To illustrate his last remark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark.
[F] [D7] [G] [C]
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark? ..
N.C.
Man, they said we better
Verse 2
[F] [Gm7] [Eb/G] [C] [Bb] [C]
You've got to accentuate the positive, e - li - minate the negative,
[F] [Gm] [C7] [F] [C#9] [C9]
latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-Between.
[G] [C7] [F]
No, do not mess with Mister In-Between.
Solo
[F] [Gm7] [Eb/G] [C] [Bb] [C]
[F] [Gm] [C7] [F] [C#9] [C9]
[G] [C7] [F]
Chorus
[F] [Bb] [F] [Bb]
To illustrate his last remark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark.
[F] [D7] [G] [C]
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark? ..
N.C.
Man, they said we better
Verse 2
[F] [Gm7] [Eb/G] [C] [Bb] [C]
You've got to accentuate the positive, e - li - minate the negative,
[F] [Gm] [C7] [F] [C#9] [C9]
latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-Between.
[G] [C7] [Eb] [Bb/D] [C#9] [C9] [F] [F] [F]
No, do not mess with Mister In-Between. .. .. ..
