Ac-cent-tu-ate The Positiveb
Bing Crosby
OtherMedium for beginners10 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
A
GdimDiagram coming soon
D
EdimDiagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
E7
G
A7
G7
D7
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
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."
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Chord set
A · Gdim · D · Edim · B7 · E7 · G · A7 · G7 · D7
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.