Athlete es una banda inglesa de indie rock ganadora del premio Ivor Novello, procedente de Londres, Reino Unido. Está compuesta por Joel Pott (voz principal y guitarra), Carey Willets (bajo y coros), Stephen Roberts (batería y coros) y Tim Wanstall (teclados y coros). Actualmente, Jonny Pilcher apoya a la banda como guitarrista en vivo.
Amigos desde los 14 años, Athlete tomó las influencias de Grandaddy y The Flaming Lips y empezaron a tocar en el sótano de "El Oso" un bar ubicado en Deptford High Street en 1999.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Verse 1 Chords: DmBbA We can walk in straight lines, we can't see quite right DmBb We've lost the plot, and we can't get it back ADmBbA So lets lose ourselves, lets lose ourselves DmBbA Can you spot the English here?
Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords) Let's pick a fight on whomever we like, cause we're never wrong Nobody likes us, we don't care, so let's lose ourselves Let's lose ourselves Can you spot the English here?
Chorus Chords: BbC/GFBb We can see it for real, but it doesn't make sense, were the outsiders BbC/G We can see all this speech, come staggering out FBb And we can climbs its way to the top of that cloud BbC/GFBb I'm away with the fairies now, I'm away with the fairies now [x2]
Verse 3: (use verse 1 chords) This familiar environment gets my lungs confused I breath in every particle, that you drive thru, that you drive thru Well can you spot the English here?
Chorus Chords: We can see it for real, but it doesn't make sense, we're the outsiders We can see all this speech, come staggering out And it can its way to the top of that cloud Oh I'm away with the fairies now, Oh I'm away with the fairies now [x2]