Accentuate the Positive - Perry Como You've got to [C] ac[E7]centu[Am]ate the [C7] positive [F] El[Fm7]imin[C]ate the negative And [C] latch [E7] on to [Am] the aff[C7]irmative Don't [F] mess with [Fm7] Mister In-Be[C]tween You've got to [C] spread [E7] joy [Am] up to the [C7] maximum [F] Bring [Fm7] gloom [C] down to the minimum [C] Have [E7] faith [Am] or pande[C7]monium's [F] Liable to [Fm7] walk upon the [C] scene [stop*] To illustrate [F] [C] [stop*] my last remark [F] [C] [C] Jonah in the [F] whale, Noah in the [C] ark [F] [C] [stop*] What did they do [F] [C] [C] Just when [A7] everything looked so [D7] dark? [G7] You've got to [C] ac[E7]centu [Am] ate the [C7] positive [F] El- [Fm7] imin[C]ate the negative And [C] latch [E7] on to [Am] the aff[C7]irmative Don't [F] mess with [Fm7] Mister In-Be[C]tween [Instrumental first verse x2 with whistling] [C] [E7] [Am] [C7] [F] [Fm7] [C] [C] [E7] [Am] [C7] [F] [Fm7] [C] [C] [E7] [Am] [C7] [F] [Fm7] [C] [C] [E7] [Am] [C7] [F] [Fm7] [C] [stop*] To illustrate [F] [C] [stop*] my last remark [F] [C] [C] Jonah in the [F] whale, Noah in the [C] ark [F] [C] [stop*] What did they do [F] [C] [C] Just when [A7] everything looked so [D7] dark? [G7] You've got to [C] ac[E7]centu[Am]ate the [C7] positive [F] El[Fm7]imin[C]ate the negative And [C] latch [E7] on to [Am] the aff[C7]irmative Don't [F] mess with [Fm7] Mister In-Be- [C] tween No, don't you [F] mess with [Fm7] Mister In-Be[C]tween No, don't [F] mess with [Fm7] Mister In-Be[C]tween [Fm7] [C]