Accentuate The Positive chords by Van Morrison

Chords with lyrics

Strumming: Suggested ↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑
Tuning: Standard

♫ Chorus:

N.C.     G+G
You've got to accentuate the positive
D MajorD  G+G
Eliminate the negative
G+G
Latch on to the affirmative
D MajorD            G+G
Don't mess with Mr. In-between
G+G
You got to spread joy up

to the maximum
D MajorD        G+G
Bring gloom down to the minimum
G+G
Have faith or pandemonium
D MajorD            G+G
Liable to walk upon the scene

♫ Verse:

G+G
To illustrate this last remark
       C majorC
Jonah in the whale,
      G+G
Noah in The Ark

What did they do?
              D MajorD
When everything just looked dark

They said, "Man, you got to
G+G
accentuate the positive
D MajorD  G+G
Eliminate the negative
G+G
Latch on to the affirmative
D MajorD            G+G
Don't mess with Mr. In-between."


♫ Solo:

G+G  D MajorD G+G
D MajorD  G+G

♫ Solo:

G+G  D MajorD
G+G  D MajorD  G+G


♫ Chorus:

G+G
You got to accentuate the positive
D MajorD  G+G
Eliminate the negative
G+G
Latch on to the affirmative
D MajorD            G+G
Don't mess with Mr. In-between
G+G
You got to spread joy up to

the maximum
D MajorD        G+G
Bring gloom down to the minimum
G+G
Have faith or pandemonium
D MajorD            G+G
Liable to walk upon the scene


♫ Verse:

G+G
To illustrate his last remark
       C majorC
Jonah in the whale,
      G+G
Noah in The Ark

What did they do?
            D MajorD
Everything just looked dark

They said, "You got to
G+G
accentuate the positive
D MajorD  G+G
Eliminate the negative
G+G
Latch on to the affirmative
D MajorD            G+G
Don't mess with Mr. In-between."


♫ Solo:

G+G  D MajorD
G+G  D MajorD G+G


Out-♫ Chorus:

G+G
Accentuate the positive
D MajorD  G+G
Eliminate the negative
G+G
Latch on to the affirmative
D MajorD            G+G
Don't mess with Mr. In-between
G+G
Accentuate the positive
D MajorD  G+G
Eliminate the negative
G+G
Latch on to the affirmative
D MajorD
Don't mess with
     G+G
Mr. In-between
G+G
Accentuate the positive
D MajorD  G+G
Eliminate the negative
G+G
Latch on to the affirmative
D MajorD            G+G
Don't mess with Mr. In-between


Chords used in Accentuate The Positive by Van Morrison:
G, D, C majorC