Thumb Pick Pete
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntQeLBy3EQI&t=8s
Key D no capo
[Intro]
D G D A D
[Verse]
D G
Way out in the country where the friendly folks meet
D A D
You can usually find a fellow called Thumb Pick Pete
G
He's got a five-string banjo pick on his thumb
D A D
And makes a lot of music with his pinka pang thumb
[Chorus]
A
Yeah
A
They call him Thumb Pick Pete
D
Aah, ain't that music sweet
A
Aah, why don't you come on Pete
D A D
Yeah, make a little music while we shuffle our feet
[Solo]
D G D A D
D G D A D
[Verse]
G
Well, he don't read a note but he never missed a beat
D A D
He just sits there picking for the shuffling feet
D
Well, they don't pay him money
G
Cause his music ain't for sale
D A D
And a Dominicker chicken and a union scale
[Chorus]
A
Yeah
A
They call him Thumb Pick Pete
D
Aah, ain't that music sweet
A
Aah, why don't you come on Pete
D A D
Yeah, make a little music while we shuffle our feet
[Solo]
D G D A D
D G D A D
[Verse]
G
When the moon is right and the night is still
D A D
Well, the notes come a-ringin' off banjo hill
G
Ole Pete's got the five strings wound up tight
D A D
And he might keep pickin' till broad day light
[Chorus]
A
Yeah
A
They call him Thumb Pick Pete
D
Aah, ain't that music sweet
A
Aah, why don't you come on Pete
D A D
Yeah, make a little music while we shuffle our feet
[Solo]
D G D A D
D G D A D
[Verse]
G
When they call ole Pete through the golden gates
D A D
Well, I bet they gotta figure what'll be his fate
G
St Peter gonna greet him with a big wide grin
D A D
Sayin' pick up your banjo and come right in
[Chorus]
A
Yeah
A
They call him Thumb Pick Pete
D
Aah, ain't that music sweet
A
Aah, why don't you come on Pete
D A D
Yeah, make a little music while we shuffle our feet
[Solo]
D G D A D
How to play Thumb Pick Pete
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