# --------------------------------------------------- # This sample song shows how to markup your tune in # ChordPro format. # # Lines beginning with # are ignored, these # are hidden notes, memos to yourself; they won't be # displayed in the final song. # --------------------------------------------------- {title: My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua} {artist: Lyrics & Music: B.Cogswell, T.Harrison and J.Noble (1933)} {comment: Verse 1} I want to go [G]back to my little grass shack In Kealakekua, [A7]Hawaii I want to [D7]be with all the kanes and wahines That I used to [G]know... so long ago I can [B7]hear the old guitars a-playing[E7] On the beach at Honaunau I can [A7]hear the old Hawaiians saying "Komo [D7]mai no kaua i ka hale welakahau" # --------------------------------------------------- # Try an auto-complete "snippet". Place the cursor # on a blank line, press "t" followed by the tab key. # --------------------------------------------------- {comment: Verse 2} It won't be [G]long till my ship will be sailing Back to [A7]Kona A [D7]grand old place That's always fair to [B7]see... you're telling me # --------------------------------------------------- # Now let's quickly add a chord that's already been # used in this song. Position the cursor anywhere # in this song and hold the {Control} key while # pressing the {Spacebar}: use arrows or keyboard # to choose from the list of chords in use and add # at this location. # # Tip: a space is required between a word and # inserting a chord # --------------------------------------------------- I'm [E7]just a little Hawaiian and a homesick island boy I [A7]want to go back to my fish and poi {start_of_chorus} {comment: Chorus} I want to go [G]back to my little grass shack In Kealakekua, [A7]Hawaii Where the [D7]humu-humu nuku-nuku a pua'a Go swimming [G]by {end_of_chorus} {comment: Outro} Where the [D7]humu-humu nuku-nuku a pua'a Go swimming [G]by