Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive

You got to (F7)accenttchuate the positive,

(Bb7)(Bdim7)(Db9)eliminate the (Bb)negative,

(F)latch (Eb7)on to (D7)the affirmative;

(G7)don't mess with (Bb)Mister (F7)InBetween.

(C7)You got to (F7)spread joy up to the maximum,

(Bb7)bring (Bdim7)gloom down (Db9)to the (Bb)minimum.

(F)Have (Eb7)faith;

all (D7)pandemonium (G7)liable to (Bb)walk upon the (F7)tween.

(C7)You got to (F7)scene.

(C13)To (F7)illustrate (C13)my last (F7)remark:

Jonah in the (Bb7)whale and (Bb)Noah in the ark,

(C13)what did they (F7)do (Cm)just when (D7)ev'rything seemed so dark?

(C13)"Man," "Man," said, they said, "we gotta (F7)accenttchuate the positive,

(Bb7)(Db9)eliminate the (Bb)negative,

(F)latch (Eb7)on (D7)to the affirmative;

(G7)don't mess with (C7)Mister (F13)InBetween."

(C7)To (F7)illustrate my last remark:

Jonah in (F13)the

(Cb13)Oh (Bb9)no, (Bdim7)we (F6)will,

(D7b5)if (G13)we, (C7#5)it's (F7)way

(Cb13)too (Bb9)dark (Bdim7)for (F6)you,

(G7)don't mess with Mister InBetween.