Tommy Emmanuel - The Day The Finger Pickers Took Over The World lyrics

The change was quite subtle and the mood low key The sky was overcast, you could hardly see And the creatures all boogied to a different frequency The day finger pickers took over the world, yea Yea, It happened one day, way back in the sticks He picked up his guitar, but he had no pick So with just a thumb and two fingers, he made up some licks And finger pickers took over the world So, that's how it happened that wonderful day With just a thumb and two fingers, he started to play, yea Without even knowin, he was showin the way And finger pickers took over this world Yes they did I'll play a little harmony Oh yes Chet So stop look and listen, it'll happen, you'll see You'll wanna join in and play fingerpickingly And people once laughed at this non-conformity But finger pickers took over the world So all the people were finally set free They all hung out and interacted fretfully And the air began to viberate with sweet tormality The day finger pickers took over the world So that's how it happened that wonderful day With just a thumb and two fingers, Chet started to play (Ah, shut up) Without even knowin, he was showin the way And finger pickers took over the world Like this Aah, let me pick it with ya Over to you Chet Yea Do do do do do do do do Yea So, that's how it happened that wonderful day With just a thumb and two fingers, he started to play, Without even knowin, he was showin the way Like this