Ac-cent-tu-ate The Positiveb Chords
by Bing Crosby
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.
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."