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