ChordPro Song Editor

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
`CTRL` + `F`	Find
`CTRL` + `H`	Search & Replace
`ESCAPE`	Close Find or Chord window
`CTRL` + `SPACEBAR`	Lists your song's chords. Use `DOWNARROW` & `UPARROW` to choose one, or type a few letters of the chord name to narrow suggestions. Press `ENTER` to add it to your song.

Snippets

Snippets are bits of ChordPro markup that you may add to your song by just typing a few letters and then pressing the TAB key.

Snippet	ChordPro Markup
t or title	`{title: TITLE}`
st or subtitle	`{subtitle: TITLE}`
a or artist	`{artist: NAME}`
al or album	`{album: TITLE}`
c or comment	`{comment: DESCRIPTION}`
col or column	`{column_break}`
chorus	Adds complete chorus block, beginning with `{start_of_chorus}`
tab	Adds complete tablature block, beginning with `{start_of_tab}`

Others: soc & eoc (mark chorus block) and sot & eot (mark tab block). d adds {define:...} tag.

TIP: When a snippet's added some “placeholder text” may be highlighted -- just type whatever you wish to replace this. If more than one placeholder is available pressing TAB again will cycle through them.

# ---------------------------------------------------
# This sample song shows how to markup your tune in
# ChordPro format. Click the "hamburger" to show
# useful help tips.
#
# First, 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