Strumming: Suggested ↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑ Tuning: Standard ♫ Chorus: N.C. G You've got to accentuate the positive D G Eliminate the negative G Latch on to the affirmative D G Don't mess with Mr. In-between G You got to spread joy up
to the maximum D G Bring gloom down to the minimum G Have faith or pandemonium D G Liable to walk upon the scene ♫ Verse: G To illustrate this last remark C Jonah in the whale, G Noah in The Ark What did they do? D When everything just looked dark They said, "Man, you got to G accentuate the positive D G Eliminate the negative G Latch on to the affirmative D G Don't mess with Mr. In-between." ♫ Solo: G D G D G ♫ Solo: G D G D G ♫ Chorus: G You got to accentuate the positive D G Eliminate the negative G Latch on to the affirmative D G Don't mess with Mr. In-between G You got to spread joy up to the maximum D G Bring gloom down to the minimum G Have faith or pandemonium D G Liable to walk upon the scene ♫ Verse: G To illustrate his last remark C Jonah in the whale, G Noah in The Ark What did they do? D Everything just looked dark They said, "You got to G accentuate the positive D G Eliminate the negative G Latch on to the affirmative D G Don't mess with Mr. In-between." ♫ Solo: G D G D G Out-♫ Chorus: G Accentuate the positive D G Eliminate the negative G Latch on to the affirmative D G Don't mess with Mr. In-between G Accentuate the positive D G Eliminate the negative G Latch on to the affirmative D Don't mess with G Mr. In-between G Accentuate the positive D G Eliminate the negative G Latch on to the affirmative D G Don't mess with Mr. In-between Chords used in Accentuate The Positive by Van Morrison: G, D, C