Key: A
Introduction:
A G A D G D G D
You've got to ac - cen - tu - ate the positive
A7 G7 A7 G A7
Eliminate the negative
D G D G D
And latch on to the affirmative
A7 G A7 D
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
A G A D G D G D
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
A7 G A7 G A7
Bring gloom down to the min imum
D G D G D
Have faith or pandemon um's
A7 G A7 D
Li'ble to walk upon the scene
Bridge
Gº D Gº D7
To illustrate my last remark
Gº A7 G Eº G D
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark.
Gº D Eº B7 E7
What did they do just when ev'rything looked so dark
A7 G A7 D G D G D
Man, they said "We'd better ac - cen - tu - ate the positive
A7 G7 A7 G A7
Eliminate the negative
D G D G D
And latch on to the affirmative
A7 G A7 D Eº B7
Don't mess with Mister In-Between, no, no
A7 G A7 D
Don't mess with Mister In-Between"
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