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
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!
SONG : Yesterday Threw Everything At Me BAND : Athlete ALBUM : Tourist TABBED BY : Davy Flament ([email protected])
TUNING & CHORDS:
Capo 1st Normal tuning
C - x32010 C/B - 022010 or 032000 also sounds good (Cmaj7) F - 133211 Am - x02210 Am7 - x02010 G - 320033 Em - 022000 Em7 - 022030 Dm - x00231
FILLS 1 & 2:
e -||-------------0----|-------------3-----|- B -||-----3---3--------|----3---3----------|- G -||---5---5---5---5--|--5---5---5--------|- D -||------------------|-------------------|- G -||------------------|-------------------|- E -||------------------|-------------------|-
VERSE:
CC/BF ---> + Fill 1 Switch on the light,between each other CC/BF ---> + Fill 2 Elevated to your side, Now i'm nervous CC/BF ---> + Fill 1 It's time to tell you honestly, CC/BF ---> + Fill 2 so we can alter history
CHORUS:
AmG You are, first on my list, Em7F When everything around is gone i know Am7G You are, first on my list Em7F When everything is shown up for what it is
VERSE:
Plastic flowers that fight for colour Shadows floating on the ground, that always follow Like international acclaim, it comes and goes never the same
Chorus:
You are, first on my list, When everything around is gone i know You are, first on my list When everything is shown up for what it is
BRIDGE 1:
FEm And i will run with it AmDm And sunlight will break into my eyes FEm And it seems you plugged the world in AmF 'cause sunlight is streaming from your eyes
CHORUS:
You are, first on my list, When everything around is gone i know You are, first on my list When everything is shown up for what it is
BRIDGE 2:
AmGEm7 Let's take our time, it won't change over night F we got a chance we didn't have before AmGEm7 Let's take our time, it won't change over night F we got a chance we didn't have before
ENDING: (acoustic distant guitar sound, i play it at the far back of my strings)
AmGEm7FAm7GEm7F e -||---5---3---3---1---3---3---0---1---|- B -||---5---3---3---1---1---3---3---1---|- G -||---5---0---0---2---2---0---0---2---|- D -||---7---0---2---3---2---0---2---3---|- G -||---7---2---2---3---0---2---2---3---|- E -||---5---3---0---1---x---3---0---1---|-
You are, first on my list, When everything around is gone i know You are, first on my list When everything is shown up for what it is