Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 You were dead when they found you on the floor of your apartment

 You were dead and your drumset stood there shining in the dark

 Shining like stagelights, shining like your eyes

Shining like Orion in the night

 You were small-time back in Austin where the drummers are all poor

 You were rocking out this dark bar; there were bottles on the floor

 And a couple lonely people, the bartender, and I

Remembered what it is to be alive

Chorus

 Hey Orion, he's a-falling

Catch him if you can

 Hey Orion, he's calling

Amen, amen, amen

Were you dreaming of the big-time when you fell down all alone?

Did you see a velvet curtain and a silver microphone?

Could you hear your own heart beating, did you feel it getting slow?

Did you hear your own heart playing rock and roll?

(Chorus)

(Instrumental)

Grandpa sits in a hotel, Buddy Holly on a plane

And you, in your apartment, with your drumset shining

Shining like stagelights, shining like your eyes

Shining like Orion in the night

(Chorus)