Ella Fitzgerald – Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive (Guitar)

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[Intro] 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.               ..   ..  ..