Tokyo Neon Soul

Album: Frequency Unknown
Style: ’80s City Pop meets Lo-fi Chillhop / Electric R&B
Key: A major (with jazzy embellishments)
Tempo: 88 BPM
Time Signature: 4/4

🚉 [Intro – Instrumental Groove Suggestion]

Vintage drum machine + rain on pavement + synth pad with vinyl crackle
(Amaj7 – F#m7 – Dmaj7 – E9)
Midnight rolls in with soft traffic noise, vending machine chimes,
and a warm bassline humming like a dream you forgot to wake up from…

🎤 [Verse 1]

Amaj7
Caught a late train to nowhere
F#m7
Neon lights in your tangled hair
Dmaj7
Tokyo sky in a silent bloom
E9
Heartbeats echo in a capsule room

Amaj7
Soft lo-fi on my old headphones
F#m7
You were the beat in a million tones
Dmaj7
I didn’t need words to feel the spark
E9
Just your silhouette glowing in the dark

🌆 [Chorus]

Amaj7
Tokyo neon soul, you shine in blue
F#m7
Lost in the static but I found you
Dmaj7
Driftin' through shadows and cherry bloom
E9
Every street’s a memory in this monsoon

Amaj7

Tokyo neon soul, hearts out loud
F#m7
Movin’ like magic through this shrouded crowd
Dmaj7
Midnight knows what morning won’t
E9
So play that groove that never spoke

🎧 [Verse 2]

Amaj7
We shared a smoke by the record bar
F#m7
Talking dreams under distant stars
Dmaj7
Soft focus smile in the crosswalk haze
E9
You turned and left me in that daze

Amaj7
But I still ride that same old line
F#m7
Past vending lights and caution signs
Dmaj7
Your ghost plays soft through every chord
E9
Tokyo hums what we can’t afford

🌠 [Bridge – Half-spoken over beat drop]

(Amaj7 – F#m7)
“She said nothing at all...
But the whole city started singing her song.”

(Dmaj7 – E9)
“I wasn’t looking for love...
But I found it in a lo-fi loop on Line 9.”

🌀 [Final Chorus – Slow Fade with Harmony Layers]

(Same progression, with extra backing vocals, dreamy pads)
Tokyo neon soul, you're always near...
Even when the night disappears...

🌙 [Outro – Instrumental Fade]

Train doors open. Crowd murmurs.
The synth keeps playing long after you’ve left the station.

©Copyright 2025. Gold Shield Publishing Inc
Writer: Songsmith