City of Neon Hearts

Rock lead sheet / tabs

# CITY OF NEON HEARTS — ROCK VERSION
Words & Music: Alvaro Pinot

Key: A minor  
Tempo: 132 BPM  
Time: 4/4  
Tuning: Standard E A D G B e  
Feel: urgent neon rock, palm-muted verses, open explosive choruses.

## Structure
Intro · Verse 1 · Pre-Chorus · Chorus · Verse 2 · Pre-Chorus 2 · Chorus 2 · Solo · Bridge · Final Chorus · Outro

## Power Chord Palette
A5 · F5 · C5 · G5 · D5 · E5

## Main Guitar Riff — Intro / Verse
Palm mute the low strings. Let the last hit of each bar breathe.

A5
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--------2---2---|
A|7-7-7-7-0---0---|
E|5-5-5-5---------|
  PM-----    >   >

F5
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--------3---3---|
A|3-3-3-3-3---3---|
E|1-1-1-1---------|
  PM-----    >   >

C5
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|--------5---5---|
D|5-5-5-5-5---5---|
A|3-3-3-3---------|
E|----------------|
  PM-----    >   >

G5
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|5-5-5-5-5---5---|
A|5-5-5-5-5---5---|
E|3-3-3-3---------|
  PM-----    >   >

## Verse 1

A5              F5
I walk the wires of a sleepless town
C5              G5
Silver rain and the billboards drown
A5              F5
Every window keeps calling my name
C5                 G5
But your light turns the static to flame

## Pre-Chorus

D5              F5
Hold me close through the siren sound
D5               G5
When the whole world spins around

## Chorus

C5              G5
We are neon hearts in the midnight sky
A5              F5
Burning bright where the dark wires lie
C5               G5
If the night falls hard, if the streets run wild
A5              F5
Sing me home, sing me home, my fire, my child

## Verse 2

A5              F5
Broken halos in the subway glass
C5                 G5
Ghosts of yesterday letting us pass
A5              F5
Every shadow learns how to sing
C5                   G5
When your hands make a kingdom of string

## Bridge

D5              F5
No more fear in the undertow
D5              G5
Strike the chord and let it glow
D5                F5
No old crown, no borrowed throne
D5                 G5
Just two sparks finding their own way home

## Outro

A5              G5
Neon hearts, don’t say goodbye
F5              E5
Keep the chorus in the sky

## Chorus Rhythm Guitar
Big open downstrokes. Add upstroke scratches between accents.

C5
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|5---5---5---5---|
D|5---5---5---5---|
A|3---3---3---3---|
E|----------------|

G5
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|5---5---5---5---|
A|5---5---5---5---|
E|3---3---3---3---|

A5
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|7---7---7---7---|
A|7---7---7---7---|
E|5---5---5---5---|

F5
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|3---3---3---3---|
A|3---3---3---3---|
E|1---1---1---1---|

## Rock Drums — Core Chorus
Count  1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
CC | o--------------- |
OH | x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- |
SD | ----o-------o--- |
BD | x---x-x---x-x--- |

## Rock Bass — Root + Octave Drive
A5 / F5 / C5 / G5 shape:
G|--------x-------|
D|----x-------x---|
A|x-x-------------|
E|x-x-------------|

## Lead Hook / Solo Seed
Use A natural minor. Push bends on C and G chords.

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|8b10--8--5------|----------------|
G|5h7-7--5--------|5h7-7--5--------|-----------7--5--|7--5------------|
D|---------7--5---|---------7--5---|-----------------|-----7--5-------|
A|--------------7-|--------------7-|-----------------|----------7--5--|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

## Performance Notes
- Verse: palm-muted downpicking, tight and dry.
- Pre-Chorus: open the hi-hat and let the bass push.
- Chorus: full power chords, cymbals wide, vocal bigger.
- Solo: do not shred first; sing the hook, then answer with bends.
- Final Chorus: double the rhythm guitar left/right.