[Intro]d: 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. 
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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."