From: Amelia Keating-Isaksen

This song is quite amazing from Miss Mitchell, and not very hard. I use 
improv picking when I play it.

Capo 3rd fret/All chords relative to capo

Chords:
G:  320033
Bm: 224432
C:  x32010
D:  xx0232
D*: xx2033

         G (320003@1)            Bm (x24432@1)             C (x32010@1)           DYou (xx0232@1)were dead when they found you on the floor of your apartment
         G (320003@1)           Bm (x24432@1)                C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)      D*
You were dead and your drumset stood there shining in the dark
             C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)               DShining (xx0232@1)like stagelights, shining like your eyes
C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)  
Shining like Orion in the night
               G (320003@1)          Bm (x24432@1)             C (x32010@1)              DYou (xx0232@1)were small-time back in Austin where the drummers are all poor
         G (320003@1)              Bm (x24432@1)                 C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)  
You were rocking out this dark bar; there were bottles on the floor
      D*            C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)     
And a couple lonely people, the bartender, and I
C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)      GRemembered (320003@1)what it is to be alive


Chorus:
   D*             CHey (x32010@1)Orion, he's a-falling
G (320003@1)              DCatch (xx0232@1)him if you can
   D*           CHey (x32010@1)Orion, he's calling
G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)   GAmen, (320003@1)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)

G (320003@1)               Bm (x24432@1)         C (x32010@1)        DGrandpa (xx0232@1)sits in a hotel, Buddy Holly on a plane
G (320003@1)              Bm (x24432@1)                 C (x32010@1)     DAnd (xx0232@1)you, in your apartment, with your drumset shining
D*               C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)               DShining (xx0232@1)like stagelights, shining like your eyes
C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)          GShining (320003@1)like Orion in the night


(Chorus)