Ac‐Cent‐Tchu‐Ate the Positive chords by Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers
Verse 1
Dm
Bb
A
Gather
Dm
'round me,
Bb
Dm
Bb
everybody
Dm
G
Gather 'round me while
Bb
Dm
I'm preachin'
A
G
Adim
A
Feel a sermon comin' on me
D
Em
The topic will be sin and that's
G
E
A
what I'm ag'in'
D
Bm
D
If you want to hear my story
G
The settle back and just sit tight
Em
A
While I start reviewin'
Em
A
D
The attitude of doin' right
Bm
Em
A
D
Em
Fdim
A
D
Dm
You've got to accentuate
D
G
the positive
Gm
Bb
Eliminate the negative
D
Dm
D
And latch on to the affirmative
Em
G
D
Don't mess with Mister In- Between
Bm
D
You've got to spread joy
up to the maximum
G
C
Gm
Bb
Bring gloom down to the minimum
D
Dm
D
Em
Have faith or pan demonium's
Asus4
G
D
G
Liable to walk upon the scene
D
A
D
To illustrate my last remark
G
D
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
Ebdim
What did they do just when everything
A
Dm
C
A
looked so dark?
D
(Man, they said "We'd better accentuate
G
the positive")
D
("Eliminate the negative")
Bm
("And latch on to the
G
affirmative")
Don't mess with Mister In-
D
B
Em
Between (No!)
A
Don't mess with Mister
D
Bm
In- Between
D
G
(Ya got to spread joy up
to the maximum)
D
(Bring gloom down to the
minimum)
Bm
G
(Have faith or
pandemonium's)
D
(Liable to walk upon the scene)
You got to ac (yes, yes) - cent-
G
tchu- ate the positive
Eliminate (yes, yes) the negative
D
And latch (yes, yes) on
Bm
to the affirmative
Em
A
Don't mess with Mister In- Between
Outro 1
D
B
Ebdim
E
Em
A
D
G
D
Ac‐Cent‐Tchu‐Ate the Positive
Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers
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