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Unfriendly Skies

Loudon Wainwright Iii
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D-DU-UDU
Well  I wonder how Susie  is doing
 At the airport  in old Durango
 Does Susie  still work for  the airlines
 I pray one day  they let that bitch go
 Susie’s  a big deal at the airlines
 The Durango  airport’s pretty small
 She checks  in and tags
 And handles  some baggage
 You could say that  sue does it  all
 You could say that  bitch sue does it all
 I flew into Durango from Denver
 Where I ground checked my martin guitar
 Susie took it off of that aircraft
 threw it on top a luggage car
 from the airplane there on the runway
 through the window I witnessed it all
 my axe hit the tarmac
 I swear I heard the crack
 That old dreadnaught took a dreadful fall
 My guitar took a terrible fall
So  inside I showed Susie the damage
Caused  by her negligent misdeed
 She denied that  it even happened
 Innocent  was how Susie did plead
 Well I implied that  she was a liar
 That’s when Susie made  up her sick mind
Hell  surely don’t have
 That bitch  susie’s wrath
 She was gonna my  kick my ass big time
 That bitch  would kick my ass big time
 Kick it- solo
 Kick it again- solo
 The next day I went back to the airport
 My old six string held together with tape
 Susie was on duty that morning
 From that cold bitch I could not escape
 She said you can’t take your guitar to Texas
 Because its in a soft leather case
 Either leave it behind
 Or a hard case go find
 I swear Sue had a smile on her face
 That bitch had a smile on her face
 Then she showed me a rule in a rulebook
 Some bs made up by the faa
 I had to leave my guitar in Durango
 Have it fed-exed back to LA
 I borrowed an axe down in Austin
 But I swore I would right susie’s wrong
 Lawyers aint cheap
 Im no litigious creep
 So instead I wrote Susie a song
 I wrote that bitch Susie a song
 Now I think of myself as a nice guy
 Usually I’m polite, never rude
 Course the bitch’s name isn’t Susie
 Cause I don’t want to get my ass sued
 But I wonder how Angela’s doing
 That’s something I’d sure like to know
 Is Angie still there
 With her pony tailed hair
 At the airport in old Durango
 At the airport in old Durango

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Readable chord sheet for Unfriendly Skies by Loudon Wainwright Iii

[C]Well I wonder how Su[F]sie is doing[C]
At the airp[F]ort in old Durango            [C]
Does Susi[C]e still work fo[F]r the airlines     [C]
I pray one [F]day they let that bitch go              [G]
S[F]usie’s a big deal at the airlines    [C]
The Dur[F]ango airport’s pretty small            [G]
She che[F]cks in and tags       [C]
And hand[F]les some baggage      [C]
You could say that[C] sue does it[G] all           [C]                   [F]
You could say that[C] bitch sue does it a[G]ll               [C]

I flew into Durango from Denver
Where I ground checked my martin guitar
Susie took it off of that aircraft
threw it on top a luggage car
from the airplane there on the runway
through the window I witnessed it all
my axe hit the tarmac
I swear I heard the crack
That old dreadnaught took a dreadful fall
My guitar took a terrible fall

[Em]So inside I showed Susie the dam[F]age
[C]Caused by her negligent misdeed   [G]
She denied [Em]that it even happened  [F]
Innocen[C]t was how Susie did plead            [G]
Well I implied t[F]hat she was a liar            [C]
That’s when Susie mad[F]e up her sick mind                  [G]
[F]Hell surely don’t have    [C]
That bit[F]ch susie’s wrath    [C]
She was gonna [C]my kick my ass big time[G]                 [C]                          [F]
That bit[C]ch would kick my ass big ti[G]me              [C]

Kick it- solo

Kick it again- solo

The next day I went back to the airport
My old six string held together with tape
Susie was on duty that morning
From that cold bitch I could not escape
She said you can’t take your guitar to Texas
Because its in a soft leather case
Either leave it behind
Or a hard case go find
I swear Sue had a smile on her face
That bitch had a smile on her face

Then she showed me a rule in a rulebook
Some bs made up by the faa
I had to leave my guitar in Durango
Have it fed-exed back to LA
I borrowed an axe down in Austin
But I swore I would right susie’s wrong
Lawyers aint cheap
Im no litigious creep
So instead I wrote Susie a song
I wrote that bitch Susie a song

Now I think of myself as a nice guy
Usually I’m polite, never rude
Course the bitch’s name isn’t Susie
Cause I don’t want to get my ass sued
But I wonder how Angela’s doing
That’s something I’d sure like to know
Is Angie still there
With her pony tailed hair
At the airport in old Durango
At the airport in old Durango

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