Biography:
Athlete is an indie rock band which formed in 1999 in Deptford, London, England. The band consists of Joel Pott (vocals, guitar), Carey Willets (bass, vocals), Tim Wanstall (keyboards), and Steve Roberts (drums). Johnny Pilcher of the English indietronica band Weevil has joined them as second guitarist for their live shows.
Their sound is a mix of indie rock and electronic music, most recently integrating organic sounds into their music. Friends since the age of fourteen
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Other songs:
- Best Not To Think About It
- Chances
- Rubik's Cube
- Vehicles And Animals
- Wires
- Animations
- Awkward Goodbye
- Beautiful
- Black Swan Song
- Dont Hold Your Breath
- El Salvador
- Flying Over Bus Stops
- Half Light
- I Love
- If I Aint Got You
- If I Found Out
- In The Library
- Love Come Rescue
- New Project
- Ordinary Angel
- Rock Scene
- Rubiks Cube
- Second Hand Stores
- Shake Those Windows
- Sky Diver
- Street Map
- Superhuman Touch
- The Getaway
- The Outsiders
- Tourist
- Trading Air
- Twenty Four Hours
- Wild Wolves
- Yesterday Threw Everything At Me
- You Got The Style
- You Know
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
ATHLETE ***
IN THE LIBRARY
Standard tuning
No capo
Chords used:
Fm: 1 3 3 1 1 1
F#: 2 4 4 3 2 2
C#: x 4 6 6 6 4
G#: 4 6 6 5 4 4
G#6: 4 6 x 5 6 4
Bbm: 6 8 8 6 6 6
INTRO
Fm - F# - Fm - F#
VERSE
C#
Put your finger on my lips
F#
We could be a grown up fairytale
G# G#6
Swimming in the library
F#
But we’re not going anywhere
C#
She said I love it
F#
Oh I love it when we touch
G# G#6
When we touch on something
F#
We can’t find in any book
BRIDGE
Fm F#
At least I’m not on my own
Fm
In this ocean of words
F#
At least I’m not on my own
VERSE (same chords)
We cover up with blankets
Cover up with blankets from the years
That our parents gave us
To keep out the cold and the unknown
Then the library grew
Into a forest of desire
Cut down some friends that I knew
Who were gonna start a forest fire
BRIDGE (same chords)
At least I’m not on my own
In this ocean of words
At least I’m not on my own
MIDDLE 8
Bbm - C# - F# x3
BRIDGE
At least I’m not on my own
In this ocean of words
At least I’m not on my own
OUTRO
C#
She said I love it
F#
Oh I love it when we touch
G# G#6
When we touch on something
F#
We can’t find in any book
IN THE LIBRARY
Standard tuning
No capo
Chords used:
Fm: 1 3 3 1 1 1
F#: 2 4 4 3 2 2
C#: x 4 6 6 6 4
G#: 4 6 6 5 4 4
G#6: 4 6 x 5 6 4
Bbm: 6 8 8 6 6 6
INTRO
Fm - F# - Fm - F#
VERSE
C#
Put your finger on my lips
F#
We could be a grown up fairytale
G# G#6
Swimming in the library
F#
But we’re not going anywhere
C#
She said I love it
F#
Oh I love it when we touch
G# G#6
When we touch on something
F#
We can’t find in any book
BRIDGE
Fm F#
At least I’m not on my own
Fm
In this ocean of words
F#
At least I’m not on my own
VERSE (same chords)
We cover up with blankets
Cover up with blankets from the years
That our parents gave us
To keep out the cold and the unknown
Then the library grew
Into a forest of desire
Cut down some friends that I knew
Who were gonna start a forest fire
BRIDGE (same chords)
At least I’m not on my own
In this ocean of words
At least I’m not on my own
MIDDLE 8
Bbm - C# - F# x3
BRIDGE
At least I’m not on my own
In this ocean of words
At least I’m not on my own
OUTRO
C#
She said I love it
F#
Oh I love it when we touch
G# G#6
When we touch on something
F#
We can’t find in any book
Atlas.irl
Atmosphere
Atom Chanagun
Atomic Tom
Atreyu