Singles 01-10 

Vehicles & Animals

Tourist

Black Swan

Athlete are an indie rock band which formed in 1999 in Deptford, London, England. The band consists of Joel Pott (vocals, guitar), Carry 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.

F
He sees the flames in her tears
C                                     Bb
Sketching on her skin and he knows
F
That it's come to an end
C                                            Bb
And there's no point pretending it's not


Bb
And it's a long way down
                                               F
It's a long way down from here
Bb
And it's a long way down
                                              F
It's a long way down from here


F
So she smashes the glass
C                                             Bb
And there's blood on her hands and her skirt
F
There's the wind and the sun
C                                        Bb
And fresh air in their lungs once again


Bb
And it's a long way down
                                   F
It's a long way down from here
Bb
And it's a long way down
                                     F
It's a long way down from here


F
So he closes his eyes and thinks
C                                 Bb
Maybe I'll be surprised if I do
F
I just might fall into another realm
C                                            Bb
And make a new home there with you 


Bb
And it's a long way down
                                  F
It's a long way down from here
Bb
And it's a long way down
                                F
It's a long way down from here


Dm                             Am
It's best not to think about it
Dm                            C
Just put your arms around me
Dm                             Am
It's best not to think about it
Dm                                C
Just put your arms around me


(Repeat)

Best Not To Think About It

D#m
You got wires going in 
        C#
You got wires coming out of your skin 
        D#m
You got tears making tracks 
      C#
I got tears that are scared of the facts 
        G#m
Running down corridors through automatic doors 
D#m                C#
Got to get to you, got to see this through 
G#m
I seen hope is here in a plastic box
D#m                     C#
I seen Christmas lights reflect in your eyes 

        D#m
You got wires going in
        C#
You got wires coming out of your skin 
            D#m
There's dry blood on your wrist 
         C#
Your dry blood on my fingertip 
        G#m
Running down corridors through automatic doors 
D#m                C#
Got to get to you, got see this through 
G#m
First night of your life curled up on your own 
D#m                        C#
Looking at me now you will never know 

                 G#m                   D#m
I see it in your eyes I see it in your eyes
          F# C#
You'll be alright 

                 G#m                   D#m
I see it in your eyes I see it in your eyes
          F# C#
You'll be alright
G#m C#
Alright. 

        G#m
Running down corridors through automatic doors 
D#m                C#
Got to get to you, got to see this through 
G#m
I see hope is here in a plastic box 
D#m                     C#
I seen Christmas lights reflect in your eyes
                    D#m
With a tear in your eyes 


        G#m
Running down corridors through automatic doors 
D#m                C#
Got to get to you, got to see this through
G#m 
First night of your life curled up on your own 
D#m                C#
Looking at you now you would never know

Wires

INTRO: Am C Am C Am C F




    Am           C
The world is too heavy,
    Am          C
too big for my shoulders,
Am             C             F
come take the weight off me, now.

    Am           C
Thousands of answers,
    Am          C
for one simple question,
Am             C             F
come take the weight off me, now.

CHORUS:
           Am            C           F
I'm like a kid who just won't let it go,
             Am          C           F
Twisting and turning the colours in rows,
       Am           C              F
I'm so intensified that's what it is.

           G 
This is my Rubik's Cube
     G
And all i can't figure it out.

      Am           C
We're lost in the playground,
Am             C
Late night nostalgia,
Am        C          F
open the sky for me, now.
 
     Am           C
Friends round the fire,
Am             C
Outside in December
Am        C          F
Open the sky for me now.

           Am            C           F
I'm like a kid who just won't let it go,
             Am          C           F
Twisting and turning the colours in rows,
       Am           C              F
I'm so intensified that's what it is.

           G 
This is my Rubik's Cube
     G
And all i can't figure it out.

Am           C
Credits roll over,
    Am          C
the edge of the horizons,
    Am         C         F
but I haven't discovered yet.

           Am            C           F
I'm like a kid who just won't let it go,
             Am          C           F
Twisting and turning the colours in rows,
       Am           C              F
I'm so intensified that's what it is.

           G 
This is my Rubik's Cube
     G
And all i can't figure it out. 

[Repeat]

OUTRO:  Am C Am C Am C F

Rubik's Cube

	 G 	
It's the simple things
			 Am       CG	
like the road what Stevie G draws
G
and the ease with 
			     Am     CG	
which you seem to pull those tricks 
G
There are moments of
                Am        CG
escape for everyone of us 
G
and the beauty in 
	     Am
the times that we create
Am       
I saw you smilin  

G     D       Am           C      
and I need my vehicles and animals and
G      D    Am     C
I will be alright 
G           D       Am
and take me back to 1979 so i can
Em      G    D
find my open eyes


He can play all by himself for many hours
I have never seen a kid whose so content
and there is nothing from the outside that can touch him 
cos he's just learning how to be alone with 1
I saw you smilin

Chorus x2
G          D           Am                    C     
Lying down on my bed I just got another kick to the head
G              D          Am                         C
oh yeah your a part of me yeah another branch on the family tree
G                   D                Am               C  
salt on my fingers, salt in my cuts, salt on my face, salt in my guts
G                            D               Am                         C
it's been a battle but we've come through ok stop what you're doing and play

We've got our vehicles and animals so
we're gonna be alright
and there's no need for us to go back in time 
because we found our open eyes x2

Vehicles And Animals

# Intro: G D G D

# Verse 1
G                             D
Take all your chances while you can
G                                 D
You never know when they'll pass you by
       G                           D
Like a sum the mathematician cannot solve
     G                       D
Like me trying my hardest to explain

# F#, B, E, F#

# Chorus
F#                 B               C#m
It's all about your cries and kisses
                   E               F#
Those first steps that I can't calculate
                B                   Bm             
I need some more of you to take me over
         D
Take me over

# Bm, D

# Verse 2
   Bm                         D
If I had the chance to start again
     Bm                          D
Then you would be the one I'd come and find
       Bm                  D
Like a poster of Berlin on my wall
   Bm                                  D
Maybe there's a chance our walls might fall

# F#, B, E, F#

# Chorus
F#                B                C#m
It's all about your cries and kisses
                 E                 F#
Those first steps that I can't calculate
                  B              Bm
I need some more of you to take me over

# Interlude
# F#, C#m, F#, C#m, F#, C#m

# Chorus
                   B             C#m
It's all about your cries and kisses
                  E                 F#
Those first steps that I can't calculate
                   B               C#m
I need some more of you to take me over
              E              F#
I know I because I can?t calculate

# Outro
      B        C#m
How to start again
      B        C#m
How to start again
      B        C#m
How to start again
      B        C#m
How to start again
                B
It's all about you

Chances

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
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Chorus
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Solo
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School Friends

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

Out Of The Darkness

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

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