The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World
Album by Chet Atkins & Tommy Emmanuel
The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World is a studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1997. The record centres on acoustic fingerstyle guitar-led arrangements blending country, jazz and pop influences, and stands as a late-career reaffirmation of Atkins's focus on virtuoso technique and his place in the fingerstyle guitar tradition.
First released: 11th March 1997

Tracklist
- 1.Borsalino3:11
- 2.To ‘B’ or Not to ‘B’3:21
- 3.The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World3:40
- 4.Tip Toe Through the Bluegrass3:08
- 5.News From the Outback3:08
- 6.Ode to Mel Bay2:57
- 7.Dixie McGuire3:52
- 8.Saltwater3:34
- 9.Mr. Guitar2:53
- 10.Road to Gundaghi / Waltzing Matilda3:03
- 11.Smokey Mountain Lullaby3:28