Chords for Peggy Lee: Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive (Arlen) - Recorded ca. September 16, 1952

_ _ _ [E] _ [E] You _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] got to [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] accentuate the [Dm] positive and [G] heal him,
_ [D] Manic the [C] negative and [Dm] latch on [Em] [Am] to the [Dm] affirmative,
And don't [G] mess with Mr.
Inbetween.
_ [Em]
You [C] got to spread [A] joy up to the [G] maximum,
And bring gloom down to the [C] minimum,
And [Dm] have faith [Em] a [Dm] pandemonium [G] is liable to walk upon the scene,
[C] _
To [C] illustrate my last remark,
Don't [D] play in the way of [F#] Noah in [Am] the ark,
_ [D]
What did they do [Dm] just [Em] when [A] everything looks [D] so dark?
[C#] _ _ [G] _ Manic with [Dm] that _ accent,
_ [F#] [G] To accentuate the positive and [Gm] heal him,
_ Manic the [E] negative [C] and [Dm] latch on [Em] to the [Dm] affirmative,
And don't mess [G] with Mr.
Inbetween.
_ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
You got to spread [G] joy [Am] up to the [D] maximum,
And bring [G] gloom down to the minimum,
[C] And [D] have faith [Em] a _
[Dm] pandemonium is liable to walk [C] upon the scene,
To illustrate my last remark, _
[F] Don't play in the way of [C] Noah in the ark,
What did they do _ just when everything [Am]
looks [D] so dark?
[G#m] _ _ [G] _ Manic with [C] that _ [Dm] accent,
[C] To accentuate the positive and heal [G] him,
_ Manic the [C] negative and [Dm] latch on [Em] to [Am] the affirmative,
[Dm] And don't [G] mess with Mr.
Inbetween. _
[Am] No, [Dm] don't mess [G] with Mr.
_ [Am] Inbetween.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _