Ac-cent-tu-ate The Positive Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays431

Ac-cent-tu-ate The Positive by Julie Wilson 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.

Transpose
A
Text
16
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Intro: A Gdim D Edim B7 E7 

A      G   A  D    G   D               G   D 
You've got to ac - cen - tu - ate 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 min imum 
D      G   D            G     D 
Have faith   or pandemon um'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 ac - cen - tu - ate 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   Edim B7 
Don't mess with Mister In-Between, no, no  
A7               G     A7     D 
Don't mess with Mister In-Between" 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante