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Ac-cent-tu-ate The Positive

Beegie Adair

OtherMedium for beginners10 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×
G
D××
A7×
G7
GdimDiagram coming soon
D7××
EdimDiagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
E7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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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" 
          
 

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Chord set

A · G · D · A7 · G7 · Gdim · D7 · Edim · B7 · E7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.