[Verse]
F F+ F6 F7 Bb Gm7 C7
You’ve got to ac- cen - tuate the positive, elim - inate the negative
F F+ F6 F7 Gm7 C7 F
Latch on to the af-firmative, don’t mess with Mr. In Be-tween
C7+5 F F+ F6 F7 Bb Gm7 C7
You’ve got to spread joy up to the maximum, bring gloom down to the minimum
F F+ F6 F7 Gm7 C7 F
Have faith or pande-monium liable to walk upon the scene
C7+5 F C7+5 F F7 Bb F
To illus-trate my last re-mark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
C7+5 F D7 G7 C7 C7+5
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark, looked so dark, Man, they said:
F F+F6 F7 Bb Gm7 C7
You’ve got to ac-cen - tuate the positive, elim - inate the negative an’
F F+ F6 F7 Gm7 C7 F D7
Latch on to the af-firmative, don’t mess with Mr. In Be-tween, no,
G7 C7 F D7 G7 C7 F6 E6 F6
Don’t mess with Mr. In Be-tween, no, Don’t mess...... with Mr. In Be-tween.