A      G   A  D    G   D               G   D 
You've got to ac - cen - tu - ate the positive, 
 
A7  G7  A7             G    A7 
E - lim - in - ate the negative, 
 
     D    G   D             G           D 
And latch on    to the af - fir - ma - tive, 
 
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 max - i - mum 
 
A7     G    A7             G         A7 
Bring gloom    down to the min - i - mum 
 
D      G   D               G           D 
Have faith   or pan - de - mo - ni - um's 
 
A7         G     A7       D 
Li'ble to walk upon the scene. 
 
 
 
Bridge: 
 
Gdim             D   Gdim           D7 
 To il - lus - trate  my last re - mark 
 
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' - ry - thing looked so dark? 
 
 
A7         G         A7        D    G   D              G     D 
Man, they said "We'd bet - ter ac - cen - tu - ate the positive 
 
A7    G  A7             G     A7 
"E - lim - in - ate 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."