From: drake@sgl.ists.ca (Drake Hirasawa) If Venice is Sinking By: Spirit of the West Verse 1:

^CJesus hangs behind the glass ^FAbove venetian doors ^GHis window box boasts crimson ^Amflowers fresh cut the ^Gday be^Cfore

^CAnd you couldn't find a smile ^FIf you nailed it to his face ^GBut Jesus Christ ^Amhangs his head with ^Ggrace

Chorus:

And if ^FVenice is sinking ^GI'm going under ^F'Cause beauty's religion And its ^AmChristened me with ^Gwonder ^C

^Am

Verse 2: They come in bent-backed Creeping 'cross the floor all dressed in black Candles, thick as pillars, you can buy one off the floor And the ceiling's painted gold Mary's hair is red The old come here to kiss their dead (chorus) Bridge: F - G - F - Am - G - C Verse 3: We made love on a bed That sagged down to the floor In a room that had a postcard on the door Of Mirini's (sp') Little Man With an erection on a horse It always leaves me laughing, leaves me feeling that, of course if (Chorus) From: drake@sgl.ists.ca (Drake Hirasawa) Yesterday, I submitted the chords for "If Venice is Sinking" by Spirit of the West. I noticed, after sending it out, that the chords in the chorus are wrong. The chorus should be:

And if ^FVenice is sinking ^CI'm going ^Gunder ^F'Cause beauty's religion C G (C - F - G - Am - G) And it's Christened me with wonder

Drake.

Spirit of the West - If venice is sinking