Accentuate The Positive (acoustic) Chords
by Bing Crosby
Accentuate The Positive (acoustic) by Bing Crosby is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, E6, E7, A, F#m7, B7 and C#7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E E6 E7 A F#m7
You've got to ac-cen - tuate the positive, elim - inate the negative
E E6 E7 F#m7 B7 E
Latch on to the af-firmative, don't mess with Mr. In Be-tween
E E6 E7 A
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum, bring gloom down to the minimum
E E6 E7 F#m7 B7 E
Have faith or pande-monium liable to walk upon the scene
E6 E E7 A
To illus-trate my last re-mark, Jonah in the whale, noah in the ark
A E C#7
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark, man they said, we better
E E6 E7 A F#m7
ac-cen - tuate the positive, elim-inate the negative an'
E E6 E7 F#m7 B7 E
Latch on to the af-firmative, don't mess with Mr. In Be-tween, no,
C#7 F#m7
Don't mess with Mr. In Be-tween, (etc)