Accentuate The Positive Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em][A][B][Em][B][C#dim]
[Em]Gath[C#dim]er round m[Em]e,
every[A]body
[C#dim]Gather ro[Em]und me, whi[C#dim]le I pra[A]y, sir[Em]
I feel [B]a certain [A]blood coming on me
[Dm]Now [B]the [A]topi[B]c will be sin
[A]An d that's what [B]I'm against
So if you [D#]want to [Em]hear my [C#dim]story
[Em]Why then settle back[C#dim] and just
sit [C]tight[Em][D#]
[B]While I'm review[A]ing
the attitude [B]of doing [Em]right[B]
You got to ac[G#]cept that
[B]you ate the positive
and [A]he [B]ate the [G#]neg ative
[C#]I made the neg[B]ative,
[D#]that's all [B]to [Em]the affirmative
[A]Don't mess with [B]Mr. [A]Inbetween
[C#m]You go[B]tta spread joy
[A]up to the maximum,
bring [B]gloom down to [A]the minimum
[B]An [Em]d hav[D#]e faith,
[B]the[Em] pandemonium's lif[A]eboat
to [B]walk [A]upon the [B]sea
To [D#]illus[A]trate [B]my last remark,
[Em]are they in the way?[A]
No, [B]they aren't
What do [D#]they do
[B]jus[A]t when everything loo[B]ks so dark?
[F#]So dark
[B]And they said,
[D#]we'd better accen[B]tuate [Em]the positive in a[A] lette[G#]r.
I [B]need the negative.
Latch [D#]on to the affi[Em]rmative.
[A]Don't mess with Mr. Inbetween.
[Em]No, don't [A]mess with [B]Mr. Inbetween.
[C#m][E][A][B][E][Em]
[D#]Now [Em]this [E]is Rever[B]end
[D#]Ray McKinley now harkin' to me
While I tell you about the parable
of Norman [E]Dee.
[C#m]The devil [B]said t[Em]o Hitler,
[D#]why they would[Em]n't dare
They [D#]can't nobody land in Europe
at least, not there
And even if they tried,
you could snag them for fair
You [Em]could [D#]shoot them from the beaches
and bomb them from the air
And just to make sure,
you've nothing to fear
I got the Emperor Hirohito
to cover the rear
But the Lord [E]said to Winnie
and to [Bb]Franklin D
And I'll gather round, boys,
and [D#]listen [Bb]to me
Uncle [E]Joe's been a -carry
in' lot[E]s of the [Fm]load
But now you got the stuff, go on, hit the road
[E]I know it ain't been done
on a [A]beach [E]like that
[C]But I [Fm]think that together
you can take that cap
If you accentuate the positive,
[Fm]June the 6th
They [D#]did and now the d[B]evil's in a heck of a [F#]fix
[B][F#][D#]
[B][D#][B][F#][B][D#][A#][B]
[A][B][F#]
[D#]Hey, hey, hey, hey,
I wish you boys wouldn't
mess [D]around [G#]like that
[B]Negative kin[D#]d of jazz music.
Let's brighten it up a little bit
here.
[Bb][D#]
[Bb]

[Verse 2]
[D#]
No, no, no, that's not it at all.
That's that in -between job.
What's the matter
with you boys back there?
Lay some positive jazz
on the congrega[D#]tion.[G#]
[Fm][Bb][D#][D#]
[Bb]
[D#]To illustrate my l[Bb]ast remark,[D#]
Jonah in [D#]the well, [Bb]Noah [D#]in the ark.
What did they do,
just [C]when everything looked so [D#]dark?[Bb]
Man, they said better
[D#]accentuate the positive,
feel [B]elimin[D#]ate the negative.
Be sure to latch on to the affirmative,
don't [Fm]mess with [Bb]Mr. In -[D#]Between.
Oh, don't [D#]mess with Mr.
In -Between.
Accentuate [Bb]the positive,
eliminate the negative.
[B]Don't mess with Mr. In -Between.
Mr. In -Between.
[D#][D#]