Charts#

A chart is plain text. Section labels stand on their own line in braces, and each chord sits in square brackets right before the syllable it lands on:

{Verse 1}
[G]Wonder how [D]long can a [Em]minute really [C]take
[G]Counting the [D]cracks in the [C]ceiling

{Chorus}
[Em]Hold [C]on, [G]hold [D]on

• A blank line separates sections.
• A line of chords with no words is an instrumental line: [G] [D] [Em] [C].
• Nothing else is markup. There is no HTML and no Markdown.

Because the chords are inline, a chart reflows to any screen width without losing which word a chord belongs to, and it can be transposed by rewriting the brackets. Because it is plain text, you can read it, copy it out and keep it without chords.

What else a song stores#

Besides the chart, each song has: