Accentuate The Positive chords by Sam Cooke
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Verse 1
(G major) (B flat major) (B minor) (B flat major) (A minor) You've (D major) got to
(G major) accentuate the positive feel (C major) ing (F major)
Manate (E flat major) the negat (G major) ive and
latch on to the affirmative
But (A minor) don't mess with (D major) mister in between
(G major) You've got to spread joy
up to the maximum
Bring (C major) gloom (F major) down
to the (E flat major) minimum
(D major) Have (G major) faith, a pandemonium
Li (A minor) able to (D major) walk upon the scene
(G major) To illustrate my last remark,
Jonah in the (C major) whale,
Noah in (D major) the (G major) ark
What did they do just when (D major) everything
(G major) looked (D major) so (G major) dark? (F major)
And they (E flatdim) (D major) said we'd better (G major) accentuate the positive,
(C major) eliminate (F major) the (E flat major) negative
(G major) And latch on to the affirmative,
but (A minor) don't mess (D major) with
Mr.
Inbetween
(G major) You've got to (A major) ac (F sharp major) cen (E flat major) tu (G major)
(F sharp major) ate (A major) the positive even (D major) (G major)
Manate the (B major) negat (A major) ive and latch
on (E flat major) (A major) to the affirmative
But (B minor) don't mess with
(E major) Mr.
In -Between
(A major) You've got to spread (D major) your (E flat minor)
(B major) jaw (A major) to the maximum
Bring (D major) you (G major) down to the (B major) minimum
(A major) Have (D major) faith, (E flat major) (A major) (G major) a (A major) pandemonium
Li (B minor) able to (E major) walk upon the (A major) scene
To illustrate my last remark
Joel and the whale, (D major)
Noah and the ark
(A major) What did they do just when (G major) everything
(A major) look (B minor) s so (G major) dark? (F major)
Man, (G major) they (A major) said we'd better
accen (E flat major) tuate (A major) the positive
An (D major) d even (G major) ate the negative
(E major) And (A major) latch (D major) on (E flat major) to (A major) the affirmative
But (B minor) don't mess with
(E major) Mr.
Inbetween
(A major) No, (G major) (B minor) don't mess with
Mr. (E major)
(B flat major) Inbetween
(A major) (B major) (B minor) (A major) (B major) (A major) One more time,
to (A major) illustrate my last remark
Joel and the whale, (D major)
Noah and the ark
(A major) What did they do just when
everything (D major) looked so (G major) dark? (F major)
And (G major) they (A major) said we better accen
(E flat major) tu (A major) ate (F sharp major) (A major) the positive
An (D major) d eliminate (G major) the (B minor) negative
(A major) And latch (D major) on (E flat major) to (A major) the affirmative
But (B minor) don't mess with
(E major) Mr.
(A major) Inbetween
No, (G major) no (D major) mess, (A major) no mess (D major) (A major)
No, no (D major) (B minor) mess with
Mr. (D major)
(B flat major) In -Between (A major) (B minor) (D major) (A major) (B major) (A major)
One more once,
to (A major) illustrate my last remark
Jonah and the whale,
(D major) Noah and (A major) the harp
What did they do just when
everything looks so dark? (F major)
And (G major) they (A major) said we'd better
ac (D major) cen (A major) tuate the positive
An (D major) d even eliminate (G major) the negative
(A major) And latch on (E flat major) to (A major) the affirmative
But (B minor) don't mess with
(E major) Mr.
Inbetween
(A major) No, no, no, don't mess (A major)
(A major) Don't mess
No
Long (B minor) as (D major) the whiskey's (B flat major) sweet
Outro 1
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