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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
Song History
Published: November 29, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025