Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive chords by Tony Bennett

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Bm
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Bb
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Em
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F#m
F#
Bdim

Verse 1
D 
Now,  (D major) children,
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
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D 
Bm 
B 
D 
and latch on!  (G major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (B major)  (D major) 
Bb 
D 
Bb 
D 
Yes!  (B flat major)  (D major)  (B flat major)  (D major) 
You've got to accentuate the positive
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A 
Bb 
D 
and  (G major) elimin (A major) ate  (B flat major) the negat (D major) ive
Latch on to the affirmative,
Em 
A 
D 
 (E minor) don't mess with  (A major) Mr.  (D major) Inbetween
A 
D 
A 
D 
You've got  (A major) to spread  (D major) joy  (A major)  (D major) 
Bb 
Bm 
B 
 (B flat major) up   (B minor) to   (B major) the maximum
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Bb 
an (G major) d  bring gloom  (B flat major) down
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A 
to the  (D major) minimum  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) Have faith or pandemonium
Em 
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D 
is  (E minor) liable to  (A major) walk upon  (D major) the scene
A 
D 
To illustrate my last  (A major) remark,  (D major) 
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Jonah in the  (G major) well, Noah  (D major) in the ark
What did they do,
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E 
just when  (B major) everything  (E major) looked
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D 
Bb 
E 
 (A major) so  (D major) dark?  (B flat major)  (E major) 
Bb 
D 
Man,  (B flat major) they said  (D major) we better
accentuate the positive
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G 
Bb 
E 
 (B major) an  (G major) d eliminate the  (B flat major) neg (E major) ative
A 
D 
 (A major) And  (D major) latch on to the affirmative,
Em 
A 
don't  (E minor) mess with  (A major) Mr. Inbetween
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Em 
A 
D 
A 
D 
B 
A 
D 
No,  (B major) don't  (E minor) mess with  (A major) Mr. In -Between  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B major)  (A major)  (D major) 
Bb 
D 
Em 
E 
A 
D 
F#m 
A 
D 
A 
G 
 (B flat major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 
Bb 
D 
Bb 
E 
D 
 (B flat major)  (D major)  (B flat major)  (E major)  (D major) 
A 
To illustrate my last  (A major) remark
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B 
A 
Jonah  (D major) in the whale,  (B major) Noah in  (A major) the ark
D 
 (D major) What did they do
B 
E 
just when  (B major) everything  (E major) looked
A 
D 
Bb 
 (A major) so  (D major) dark?  (B flat major) 
D 
Man,  (D major) they said we'd better accentuate
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Bb 
the positive  (G major)  (B flat major) 
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D 
Eliminate the negat (A major) ive  (D major) 
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D 
Latch on  (F sharp major) to   (D major) the affirmative
Em 
A 
Don't  (E minor) mess with  (A major) Mr. In -between
B 
D 
A 
D 
A 
No,  (B major) don't mess with  (D major) Mr. In  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) between