MusicReasonProgression, Transposition, and Arranging
Lay out my chords over my lyrics
Type lyric lines with chords in brackets before the word they fall on. This tool formats the result into a compact, print-friendly rehearsal layout, entirely in your browser.
Answer
Your lyrics and chords stay in your browser. Nothing you type here is stored, logged, or sent anywhere.
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Understand
This tool only arranges the text you already typed; it never rewrites your lyrics, transcribes audio, or infers chords you did not enter. An unrecognized chord token stays visible in the layout rather than being silently dropped, so you can see and fix it yourself.
Worked example
Typing [C]Amazing [F]grace places the C chord directly above "Amazing" and the F chord above "grace," preserving the exact order you typed them in, even if a chord token like [Xyz] is not a recognized chord symbol.
Method and limitations
Each line is scanned for bracketed chord markers and split into ordered chord/lyric segments; the layout only ever reflects what you typed. Nothing you enter, chords, lyrics, or the formatted output, leaves your browser or appears in analytics; the only permitted events are that the tool was used and that an export or print action happened.
Why local formatting matters here specifically
Lyrics are often the one piece of a rehearsal chart someone is genuinely protective of, whether for copyright reasons or simply because it is their own original writing. Doing the layout entirely in your browser, with no upload step and no server ever seeing the text, means you can format a chart for an unreleased song or a cover you have not cleared the rights to without that text ever leaving your device.