Key: F major
Verse 1
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
B
F#
D#m
D#
F#
and latch on!
Yes!
You've got to accentuate the positive
B
C#
D
F#
and eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative,
G#m
C#
don't mess with Mr. Inbetween
F#
C#
F#
C#
F#
You've got to spread joy
D
D#m
D#
up to the maximum
G#m
B
D
and bring gloom down to the minimum
C#
F#
C#
Have faith or pandemonium
G#m
C#
F#
is liable to walk upon the scene
C#
F#
To illustrate my last remark,
B
F#
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do
D#
G#
C#
F#
D
just when everything looked so dark?
G#
D
F#
Man, they said we better
accentuate the positive
D#
G#m
B
D
G#
an d eliminate the negative
C#
F#
And latch on to the affirmative,
G#m
C#
don't mess with Mr. Inbetween
D#
G#m
C#
F#
C#
F#
D#
C#
F#
No, don't mess with Mr. In -Between
D
F#
G#m
C#
F#
A#m
C#
F#
C#
B
D
C#
F#
D
G#
F#
F#
D#
C#
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
D#
G#
C#
F#
D
just when everything looked so dark?
G#
F#
Man, they said we'd better
B
D
accentuate the positive
C#
F#
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
G#m
C#
Don't mess with Mr. Inbetween
D#
F#
C#
No, don't mess with Mr. In
Outro 1
between
F#
B
D#dim
D
D#m
A#
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