All songs / David Alan Graham
Neon Tide
E♭ major~150 BPM4/43:42stomp-shoutmedium confidence
Capo 1 — play the shapes in D and it sounds in E♭ major. Much easier than fingering E♭ major straight.
Verse 1
Salt air stuck to the boulevard skin
Night rolled in and the lights kicked in
Heartbeat bass from the edge of town
Whole coast shaking when the sun goes down
Heatwave haze and the palms lean low
Girls spun gold in the neon glow
Every street like a river runs
Pulling us into the midnight rush
Pre-Chorus
No way out, no slowing down
Everybody buzzing now
Chorus
Caught up in the neon tide
Hands up high and the speakers wide
Whole damn town gonna come alive
When the kick drum hits on a Friday night
Blue lights flash and the shadows sway
Young hearts burn like a summer flame
One more song 'fore the stars go blind
We're all caught up in the neon tide
Verse 2
Boardwalk smoke and the airwaves hum
Taxi lights and the tide rolls in
Balcony radios out of sync
Still somehow make the whole town sing
Barefoot sparks on the concrete cracks
Laugh too loud and we throw it back
Moon hangs low like a stadium light
Over everybody chasing the night
Pre-Chorus
No way home, not yet anyway
We're too gone in the sound to leave
Chorus
Caught up in the neon tide
Hands up high and the speakers wide
Whole damn town gonna come alive
When the kick drum hits on a Friday night
Blue lights flash and the shadows sway
Young hearts burn like a summer flame
One more song 'fore the stars go blind
We're all caught up in the neon tide
Bridge
Let it roll, let it ride
Like the Gulf wind blowing wild tonight
No thinking twice, no looking back
Just living fast inside this track
Final Chorus
Caught up in the neon tide
Everybody lit like a coastline fire
Last call ringing but the band won't stop
Got the whole world hanging off the drop
Streetlights blur and the sky spins slow
Salt in the air and the night still grows
One last shout before daylight shines
We're all caught up in the neon tide
This chart is a work in progress. If you spot something wrong, let me know and I’ll get it fixed.
Intro B♭ E♭ A♭m E♭ A♭ E♭ Gm E♭
Verse 1
E♭Salt air stuck to the boulevard skin
Night rolled in and the lights kicked in
A♭mHeartbeat bass from the edge of town
A♭Whole coast shaking when the sun goes down
E♭Heatwave haze and the palms lean low
Girls spun gold in the neon glow
A♭mEvery street A♭like a river runs
Pulling us into the midnight rush
Pre-Chorus
CmNo way out, E♭no slowing down
Everybody A♭buzzing now
Chorus
E♭Caught up in the neon tide
Hands up high B♭and the speakers wide
CmWhole damn town gonna come alive
When A♭the kick drum hits on a Friday night
E♭Blue lights flash and the shadows sway
Young hearts burn like a summer flame
CmOne more song 'fore the stars go blind
A♭We're all caught up in the neon tide
Verse 2
Boardwalk smoke and the airwaves hum
Taxi lights and the tide rolls in
A♭mBalcony radios out of sync
Still somehow make A♭the whole town sing
E♭Barefoot sparks on the concrete cracks
Laugh too loud and we throw it back
A♭Moon hangs low like a stadium light
Over everybody E♭chasing the night
Pre-Chorus
No way home, not yet anyway
We're too gone in the sound to leave
Chorus
Caught up in the neon tide
Hands up high B♭and the speakers wide
CmWhole damn town gonna come alive
When A♭the kick drum hits on a Friday night
E♭Blue lights flash and the shadows sway
Young hearts burn like a summer flame
CmOne more song 'fore the stars go blind
A♭mWe're all caught up in the E♭neon tide
Bridge
Let it roll, Gmlet it ride
Like Cmthe Gulf wind blowing A♭wild tonight
E♭No thinking twice, no looking back
CmJust living fast A♭minside this track
Final Chorus
E♭Caught up in the neon E♭tide
Everybody Gmlit B♭like a coastline Cmfire
Last call ringing but the band won't stop
Got the whole world A♭hanging off the drop
E♭Streetlights blur and the sky spins slow
GmSalt in the air and the night still Cmgrows
One last shout before daylight shines
E♭We're all caught up Cmin the E♭neon tide
Generated from the chord chart. These are real guitar shapes for the chords we detected, not a transcription of what was played on the record.
Raw note map (experimental)
This is the unfiltered pitch detection across the whole mix — vocals, bass and drums included — mapped onto a fretboard. It is not a playable arrangement and no one should try to read it as one. It is here only because it is the raw material everything else was built from.
Download note mapA lead sheet, not a full score. The melody line has been reduced automatically from the recording and paired with the detected chords. Expect the shape of the tune to be right and the details to be approximate.
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