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