Title: Example Song Artist: Your Name Album: Optional Album Name Year: 2024 Key: C Capo: 0 Tuning: Standard (EADGBE) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ {Everything above this line, up to the first blank line, is the metadata header. Each line is "Field: Value" - Title, Artist, Album, Year, Genre, Key, Capo, Tuning, Composer, Songwriter, Track, Disc, and Duration are all recognized.} {Notes are text instructions that are wrapped in curly brackets like this.} [Intro] e|---0---0---| B|---1---1---| G|---0---0---| {x2} D|---2---2---| A|---3---3---| E|-----------| {A section is any line by itself in square brackets, like "[Intro]" above. Give sections any name you want - "[Verse]", "[Pre-Chorus]", "[Solo]", "[Outro Riff]" are all fine.} {A tab line is any line that starts with a string letter to indicate tuning followed by "|". Consecutive tab lines are grouped into one tab block, so you can stack as many strings as you're tabbing. Add notes to the right of a tab line - anything after the tab pattern is kept as-is, e.g. for repeat counts or technique hints.} [Verse 1] C G This is a line of lyrics with chords written above it Am F Put the chord line directly above the lyric line it goes with {Chords can also go inline, right in the lyric line itself:} [Chorus] You can write it [C]either [G]way, whichever [Am]is easier for [F]you {A line of chords with no lyric line under it (like a chord-only bar, or an instrumental break) is fine too - it just becomes a chord line on its own.} [Instrumental] C G Am F {So is a line of lyrics with no chord above it - not every line needs chords.} [Bridge] Some songs (or some lines) don't need any chords at all. {If the parser doesn't recognize a made-up or unusual chord shape, wrap it in angle brackets - not square brackets, those already mean a section heading or an inline chord's position - to force it to be treated as a chord anyway, either on its own chord line or inline:} [Chord Fallback Demo] D []This lyric has a made-up chord in it [Outro] e|-0-0-0-0-| B|-1-1-1-1-| G|-0-0-0-0-| D|-2-2-2-2-| {x2} A|-3-3-3-3-| E|---------| {Fade out on the last line.}