Chords Over Lyrics
A practical guide to the Chords Over Lyrics create workspace, including lyric editing, tabs, notation, and export.
The walkthrough below is organized as one row per workspace area, so you can jump directly to the part of the editor you need.
Use these buttons for the most common actions while editing.
Open the arrow next to Export, then Song file. Download an editable song backup, or review and restore a .chords.json file as a new unsaved song. Includes chords, styling, tabs, notation and pending lyric edits.
Define the metadata and musical settings before placing chords or opening the other workspaces.
Control readability so the final chart stays clear on screen and in print.
Keep arrangement notes and performance reminders together with the current song.
Create lyric lines that become the editable rows in the main lyrics workspace.
Place and align chords over each lyric line with per-row controls.
Use the tabs editor when the song needs exact guitar parts instead of only chord symbols.
Use the notation editor for melody fragments, score cues, and simple lead-sheet lines.
Review the final layout before sharing or printing.
Preparing chord sheet preview…
Your dashboard shows 24 saved songs per page. Use Previous page and Next page to browse your library. If you open a saved song while an unsaved browser draft exists, choose Restore Draft to recover it as a new song, or Discard draft and open saved song to keep the account version. Restoring a draft never overwrites the saved song.
Open Account settings from your dashboard to delete your account. Download any sheets you want to keep and cancel subscription renewal first. Enter your current password and type DELETE to confirm. Deletion permanently removes saved sheets, support tickets and account activity, clears the draft in this browser and ends account access immediately. Paddle payment records, downloaded files and drafts in other browsers remain. Minimal account and billing identifiers are retained to prevent delayed billing updates from restoring deleted data.
Open a published song link to read its lyrics and chords without signing in. Choose a credited version, then use Transpose in semitones to adjust the chords for this visit. Reloading restores the published version.
Use the toolbar to transpose or start auto-scroll, and open the speed control to adjust its pace. Scroll manually or press Escape to pause. Auto-scroll stops at the end of the sheet. Open Settings to change text size or reset your view to the published chords and default reading settings. Tap a chord to see its guitar shape and notes; some shapes are not available yet. Chord help follows your transposition.
Catalog admins can choose Publish to catalog in the editor. Select or create an artist and song, give the version a short label and contributor credit, then publish the applied lyrics and chords. Private notes and unfinished lyric edits stay private.
Saving a private sheet does not update its public version. To release changes, open Publish to catalog, select the catalog song and your existing publication, then choose Publish update. Catalog administration lets admins choose the default version.
If a control does not behave as expected, open Support and include: