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Accentuate The Positive Chords

Music by: Sam Cooke
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[Verse 1]
[G]You[Bb]'ve g[Bm]ot t[Bb]o[Am][D]
[G]accentuate the positive [C]feel[F]ing
[Eb]Manate the negat[G]ive and
latch on to the affirmative
But [Am]don't mess with [D]mister in between
[G]You've got to spread joy
up to the maximum
[C]Bring [F]gloom down
to the [Eb]minimum
[D]Have [G]faith, a pandemonium
Li[Am]able to [D]walk upon the scene
[G]To illustrate my last remark,
Jonah in the [C]whale,
Noah [D]in the [G]ark
What did they do just when [D]everything
[G]loo[D]ked so [G]dar[F]k?
And [Ebdim]they said[D] we'd better accentu[G]ate the positive,
[C]eliminate [F]the [Eb]negative
[G]And latch on to the affirmative,
but [Am]don't [D]mess with
Mr.
Inbetween
[G]You've got to ac [A]cen[F#] tu[Eb][G]
[F#]ate [A]the positive eve[D]n[G]
Manate the [B]negat[A]ive and latch
[Eb]on t[A]o the affirmative
But [Bm]don't mess with
[E]Mr.
In -Between
[A]You've got to spr[D]ead you[Ebm]r
[B]jaw[A] to the maximum
[D]Bring [G]you down to the [B]minimum
[A]Have [D]faith, [Eb]a pa[A]ndem[G]oniu[A]m
Li[Bm]able to [E]walk upon the [A]scene
To illustrate my last remark
Joel and the [D]whale,
Noah and the ark
[A]What did they do just when [G]everything
[A]look[Bm]s so dar[G]k?[F]
[G]Man, they [A]said we'd better
[Eb]accentu[A]ate the positive
An[D]d even[G] ate the negative
[E]And lat[A]ch on [D]to [Eb]the [A]affirmative
But [Bm]don't mess with
[E]Mr.
Inbetween
[A]No,[G] don[Bm]'t mess with
[E]Mr.
[Bb]Inbetween
[A]One[B] mo[Bm]re t[A]ime,[B][A]
[A]to illustrate my last remark
Joel and the [D]whale,
Noah and the ark
[A]What did they do just when
everything [D]looked [G]so [F]dark?
And [G]they [A]said we better accen
[Eb]tu a[A]te t[F#]he p[A]ositive
An[D]d eliminate [G]the [Bm]negative
[A]And latch [D]on [Eb]to th[A]e affirmative
But [Bm]don't mess with
[E]Mr.
[A]Inbetween
[G]No, [D]no [A]mess, no [D]mess[A]
No, [D]no [Bm]mess with
[D]Mr.
[Bb]In -Betw[A]een[Bm][D][A][B][A]
One more once,
to [A]illustrate my last remark
Jonah and the whale,
[D]Noah and [A]the harp
What did they do just when
everything looks so [F]dark?
And [G]they [A]said we'd better
ac[D]cen[A] tuate the positive
An[D]d even [G]eliminate the negative
[A]And latch on [Eb]to th[A]e affirmative
But [Bm]don't mess with
[E]Mr.
Inbetween
[A]No, no, no, don't [A]mess
[A]Don't mess
No
Long [Bm]as th[D]e whiske[Bb]y's sweet

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