F   F   Gm   C9    
F   F   Gm7  C  
F

[Verse 1]
              F                        Gm7 Eb/G     C        Bb  C
You've got to accentuate the positive, e - li -   minate the negative,
F                            Gm              C7          F    C#9 C9
latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-Between.
              F                              Gm7   Eb/G   C          Bb  C
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum,  bring gloom down to the minimum,
F                          Gm        C7            F     Bb
have faith or pandemonium, liable to walk upon the scene.

[Chorus]
F                              Bb                  F               Bb
To illustrate his last remark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark.
F                                 D7             G     C
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark? ..
N.C.
Man, they said we better

[Verse 2]
              F                        Gm7 Eb/G     C        Bb  C
You've got to accentuate the positive, e - li -   minate the negative,
F                            Gm              C7          F    C#9 C9
latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-Between.
       G      C7                 F
No, do not mess with Mister In-Between.

[Solo] 
F  Gm7  Eb/G  C  Bb  C
F  Gm   C7    F  C#9 C9
G  C7   F

[Chorus]
F                              Bb                  F               Bb
To illustrate his last remark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark.
F                                 D7             G     C
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark? ..
N.C.                                
Man, they said we better

[Verse 2]
              F                        Gm7 Eb/G     C        Bb  C
You've got to accentuate the positive, e - li -   minate the negative,
F                            Gm              C7          F    C#9 C9
latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-Between.
       G      C7                  Eb   Bb/D  C#9  C9  F    F   F  
No, do not mess with Mister In-Between.               ..   ..  ..