Ac-cent-tu-ate The Positiveb Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays473

Ac-cent-tu-ate The Positiveb by Bing Crosby is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Gdim, D, Edim, B7, E7, G, A7, G7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
Text
16
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Introd: A Gdim D Edim B7 E7 

A      G   A  D    G   D              G   D 
You've got to accentuate the positive, 
A7  G7  A7       G    A7 
Eliminate the negative, 
     D    G   D             G           D 
And latch on    to the affirmative, 
A7                  G            A7        D 
Don't mess with Mister In-Between. 
A       G    A    D       G    D            G           D 
You've got to spread joy    up to the maximum 
A7      G      A7                G         A7 
Bring gloom    down to the minimum 
D      G   D               G           D 
Have faith   or pandemonium's 
A7              G          A7       D 
Li'ble to walk upon the scene. 
Bridge: 
Gdim          D   Gdim        D7 
 To illustrate  my last remark 
Gdim    A7      G    Edim  G       D 
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark. 
Gdim          D      Edim      B7                               E7 
What did they do just when ev'rything looked so dark? 
A7         G         A7        D    G   D              G     D 
Man, they said "We'd better accentuate the positive 
A7    G  A7             G     A7 
"Eliminate the negative 
     D     G   D           G      D 
"And latch on     to the affirmative 
A7                 G       A7      D     Edim    B7 
Don't mess with Mister In-Between, no, no,  
A7                  G           A7          D 
Don't mess with Mister In-Between." 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante