AC‐Cen‐T‐Chu‐Ate the Positive chords by Tony Bennett

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Bdim
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Verse 1
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Now,  (D major) children,
it's time for a little learning time.
Here's a guy by the name of
Johnny Mercer,
who gave us a little bit of philosophy
that I'd like to teach you.
You've gotta accentuate the positive
and eliminate the negative
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and latch on!  (G major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (B major)  (D major) 
Yes!
You've got to accentuate the positive
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and  (G major) elimin (A major) ate  (B flat major) the negat (D major) ive
Latch on to the affirmative,
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 (E minor) don't mess with  (A major) Mr. Inbetween
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 (D major) You've got  (A major) to spread  (D major) joy  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (B flat major) up   (B minor) to   (B major) the maximum
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and  (E minor) bring  (G major) gloom  (B flat major) down to the minimum
A 
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 (A major) Have  (D major) faith or pandemoni (A major) um
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is  (E minor) liable to  (A major) walk upon  (D major) the scene
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To illustrate my last  (A major) remark,  (D major) 
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Jonah in the  (G major) whale, Noah  (D major) in the ark
What did they do
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just when  (B major) everything  (E major) looked  (A major) so  (D major) dark?  (B flat major) 
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 (E major) Man,  (B flat major) they said  (D major) we better
accentuate the positive
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 (B major) an  (E minor) d elim (G major) inate the  (B flat major) neg (E major) ative
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 (A major) An (D major) d  latch on to the affirmative,
Em 
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don't  (E minor) mess with  (A major) Mr. Inbetween
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No,  (B major) don't  (E minor) mess with  (A major) Mr. In -Between  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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Em 
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F#m 
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 (B flat major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 
Bb 
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 (B flat major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B flat major)  (E major)  (D major) 
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To illustrate my last  (A major) remark
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 (D major) Jonah in the whale,  (B major) Noah in  (A major) the ark
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 (D major) What did they do
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E 
A 
D 
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just when  (B major) everything  (E major) looked  (A major) so  (D major) dark?  (B flat major) 
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 (E major) Man,  (D major) they said we'd better
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Bb 
accentuate the positive  (G major)  (B flat major) 
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D 
Eliminate the negat (A major) ive  (D major) 
Latch on to the affirmative
Em 
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Don't  (E minor) mess with  (A major) Mr. Inbetween
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D 
A 
No,  (B major) don't mess with  (D major) Mr. In  (A major) 