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