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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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

  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

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

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 
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

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

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

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

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/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------9-9-9-9---4-4-4-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------9-9-9-9-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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      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

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

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The Dust Of Retreat

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