Margot &amp; the Nuclear So and So's is a 6-piece indie-pop/orchestral pop band from Indianapolis, Indiana. The band, which was formed in 2004 by Richard Edwards and Andy Fry (formerly of Archer Avenue and The Academy, respectively), is currently signed to Epic Records.  Their debut album, The Dust Of Retreat came out in 2006.  At this time, the band was signed to Artemis Records and had 8 members.  In 2008 the band signed to Epic Records and (on 7 October) released two new albums, Animal! and Not Animal.

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Broadripple is burning: 

Verse:
        Em             C
Children Broadripple is burning
        G
And the girls are getting sick
             Em            C
Off huffin' glue up in the bathroom
           G
While your boyfriends pick up chicks


Chorus: 
        Em              C
And I'm wasted, you can taste it
      G       Bm      Em
Don't look at me that way
               C       Em
'Cause I'll be hanging from a rope
       C     Bm         Em   
I will haunt you like a ghost

Broadripple Is Burning

Am C x2

Am          C
Strung out, needle in arm

        F        C        G            Am
and the ocean is bleeding salt on your wounds

     Am
so i sat, as armies marched

        F        C         G             Am
but you found me awake but asleep on the porch

C Am C

    F               Am
And dont you cry my darling

F                G
nashville is forgotten

    F               Am
and dont you cry my darling

F               G
new york is the ocean

Am C x2

Am        C
brooklyn, quiet and cold

         F
when the bars close

      C
youre stuck counting cracks on the street

     Am
then war beaks, and your swinging the gun

             F
but when the bomb drops

      C              G              Am
youre stuck counting cracks in your teeth

C, Am, C

    F               Am
And dont you cry my darling

F                G
nashville is forgotten

    F               Am
and dont you cry my darling

F               G
new york is the ocean

Am          C
Strung out, needle in arm

        F        C        G            Am
and the ocean is bleeding salt on your wounds

The Ocean Is Bleeding Salt

Not Animal

  C               C
Jen is bringing the drugs.
                  F      G   Am
She wants to get real fucked up.
 Am           F        G
She used to laugh and smile,
 Am              Am
But the years of denial.
      D7                   G  
Have taken their toll on her dial.



(repeat chords)

Jen Is Bringin The Drugs

F#m        E                F#m
I did a sick, sick thing to my love. 
           F#m	       E	        F#m
My lack of loyalty, it swallowed her up. 
                  A
And she cooked me food.        
 		 D             E            F#m
She squirmed and turned like a skeleton key. 
             F#m       E             F#m
She left her man and attended to me. 

              A
Don't call me that. 
          	D
Don't claim you love me,
           E                    F#m
'Cause you know that ain't true. 
        F#m               E              F#m
My dire affliction I'll attribute to you

		   A
And you're finally free
   	     D           E            F#m
To twist and turn like a skeleton key. 

		    A
You've gotta let me know. 
		    A
You've gotta let me know. 


 	F#m      E                  F#m
I did a horrible thing to that girl. 
           F#m        E                 F#m
I bread my misery and drowned it in her. 
               A
And she got me high, 
               D		E                 F#m 	 
And I hardly noticed there were tears in her eyes. 


               F#m      E             F#m
And I miss you less and less everyday. 
	   F#m                     E             F#m
It's true, the whiskey's helped to wash you away. 
		  A
And it's clear to see, 

		 D
You're nothing special,
	 E 	       F#m
You're a skeleton key. 

                    A 
You've gotta let me know. 
	            A 
You've gotta let me know. 
		    A 
You've gotta let me know. 
		    A 
You've gotta let me know. 

Whoo!

Ending: F#m, E, F#m (x 5)

Skeleton Key

Dm Dm Dm Gm A (x2)

     Dm
I am alive,
     Am
I am alive,
                Bb
And that is the best that I can do.


                Dm
You told me you lied,
                   Am
You swore you were mine,
           Bb
I took you back a thousand times.


            Dm
Talk of the town,
            Am
You've been around,
             Bb
If he is the man you want, then go.


      Bb
But tonight we'll leave
C              Bb
All our lovers behind,
           C            Bb
And try to live a quiet life.
            C                 Bb    C
My love has dressed me like a clown.

Dm Dm Dm Gm A (x2)


           Dm
You are an ass,
               Am
A snake in the grass,
       Bb
Vanity seeps from out your pores.


              Dm
And baby it's time
              Am
To pay for my crime,
          Bb
Nothing I say can make you mine.


                      Dm
You either sing it in key,
            Am
Or run into me.
           Bb
I can fake it as good as you.


      Bb
But tonight we'll leave
C              Bb
All our stupid songs,
                 C                  Bb
We'll drive, and reach the hills by dawn.
            C                 Bb    C 
My love has dressed me like a clown.

Dm Dm Dm Gm A (x2)


  Bb
Tonight we'll leave
C              Bb
All our lovers behind,
           C            Bb
And try to live a quiet life.
            C               Bb    C 
Margot, you dress me like a clown.


  Bb
Tonight we'll drink
  C           Bb
Into an early grave.
                 C                Bb
We'll laugh, but we will never be saved.
            C                   Bb     C 
Someone has dressed us all like clowns.

Dm Am Bb Bb (x2)


             Dm
Darling it's sin,
           Am
Where do I begin?
            Bb
Putting the contact lenses in.


            Dm
You say the lights
            Am
Scurry like mice,
               Bb
Reflecting the streets in your blue eyes.


           Dm
Out on the roof,
            Am
Waiting for love,
         Bb
Turn me around and lock me up.


                Dm
Baby you are an ass,
               Am
A snake in the grass,
       Bb
Vanity oozes out your pores.



      Dm
Oooh, ooooh.
      Am    Bb
Oooh, ooooh.

      Dm
Oooh, ooooh.
      Am    Bb
Oooh, ooooh.

(End on Dm)

Dress Me Like A Clown

C       G                  Am
Somebody's gonna love you.
 C        G                  Am
Somebody oughta lay you out.
 F                  C
Don't give it away.
  G                              Am
Cause I need you the most
               F                     Am 
when I'm half of what I was
          G            C
when I was in your room.

   F                     C
Don't pick up the phone.
  G                      Am
Don't answer the door.
 F                                           Am
Cause those villans want your blood.
                 G      C
And they're gonna get it.

C       G                 Am
Your mother is a vampire.
C        G                              Am
She sucked your old man's life away.

F                      C
Turn everything off.
G                     Am
Just cover your neck.
                   F                   Am
Cause life is full of your regrets.
       G     C
And I should be one.

F                  C
Try telling me off.
     G                     Am
Try slamming the door
     F                                            Am
and telling me I'm not worth your time.
            G        C
Or the breath I'm breathing.

 F                  C
Don't throw it away.
 G              Am
Oh, Calico queen.
F                                        Am
Cause now you're merely a machine,
         G     C
And not a person.

F                  C
Try telling me off.
     G                     Am
Try slamming the door
     F                                            Am
and telling me I'm not worth your time.
            G          C
Or the breath I'm breathing.

F C G Am x2

Vampires In Blue Dresses

The Dust Of Retreat

C 
I was writing his story, And he gave me a look 
    Am 
He was very handsome, distractingly so 
     C 
and I never dreamed that he'd be my boyfriend 
    Am 
He wrote me letters, daily from prison 



         F            G        C 
That said I know I've killed a few 
    F             G          C 
But none of those women were you 
F          G 
I couldn't speak 
       C        Am 
It was over for me 
  F        G           C 
I found my grim reaper prince 

# (Same pattern through out) 

Well he said he loved me 
And he cooked me dinner 
He cut my lungs out 
And made me feel thinner 
And I'll never forget him 
Now that it's over 
The life that we had 
When they strapped him down 
Oh but how all the girls were jealous 
Cause he liked me the best 
Oh and I couldn't breathe 
It was true love indeed 
But now my grim prince is gone 


Well I said I loved him 
When they strapped him in 
But he wasn't cryin' 
He took it like a man 
And the families watched him 
As he breathed his last 
But I got rather angry 
I started to laugh 
And say now he's got what's comin' 
He was due his lot 
Oh and I couldn't see, there were tears on my cheek 
Goodbye my grim reaper prince

A Journalist Falls In Love With Deathrow Inmate 16

Rot Gut, Domestic

A|--------------|
E|--------0-----|
C|-0-0--0---0---|
G|--------------|x2

A|--------------|
E|--------2-----|
C|-2-2--2----2--|
G|--------------|x2

A|--------------|
E|--------3-----|
C|-3-3--3-----3-|
G|--------------|x2

C
Hang that wreath so I can
G
have a happy new year
F                             C  G  F
You re so pretty, people envy you

C                  G
Can you tie a tie?

F                                  C    G F
You re the reason children turn to dope

C G F C G F

C                            G
Pour my drink so we can have ourselves a good time

F                                   C    G
You re the reason people lose their minds
F
And they re all around you
              C                    G
but you don t know what you ve done


A|---------------|
E|--------0----0-|
C|-0-0--0---0----|
G|---------------|

Love Song For A Schubas Bartender

The Daytrotter Sessions

A|----------------------|
E|-3--3--3--0--0--0--0--|
C|----------------------|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|x2



A|-------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5--2--2--2--2--|
C|--5--5--5-----2--2--2--0-|
G|-------------------------|

Repeat once for each verse.

I Do

Buzzard

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 )

De tot cor

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

Come Together

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

B
Situation Number one
B
Its the one that's just begun
    E                 F#   E
But evidently its too late
B
Situation Number two
B
Its the only chance for you
     E                         F#   E
It's controlled by denizens of hate
B
Situation Number three
B
It's the one that no one sees
E                          F#   E
All too often dismissed as fate
B
Situation Number four
B
The one that left you wanting more
E                       F#   E
Tantalized you with its bait

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

Situations

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

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