| F | |
| You've got to | accentuate the positive |
| C7 |
| Eliminate the negative |
| F |
| Latch on to the affirmative |
| C7 | F | |
| D | on't mess with Mister In-Betw | een |
| F | |
| You've got to | spread joy up to the maximum |
| C7 |
| Bring gloom down to the minimum |
| F |
| Have faith or pandemonium |
| C7 | F | |
| L | iable to walk upon the sc | ene |
| F | |
| To illustr | ate his last remark |
| Bb | F | |
| Jonah in the wh | ale, Noah in the | ark |
| F | |
| What did they d | o |
| G | C7 | |
| Just when | everything looked so d | ark |
| F | |
| Man, they said we better, | accentuate the positive |
| C7 |
| Eliminate the negative |
| F |
| Latch on to the affirmative |
| C7 | F | |
| D | on't mess with Mister In-Betw | een |
| C7 | F | |
| No, do n | ot mess with Mister In-Betw | een |
