How to import ChordPro lyrics into your song library

ChordPro is a simple way to store a lyric and its chords in one text file. A chord sits in brackets before the word where it changes, like [G]we walk the long way [D]home. That plain text can travel by email, cloud drive, or chat without turning into a screenshot.

Lyrics Library supports ChordPro so you can bring existing charts into your library instead of rebuilding them one chord at a time.

Start with plain text

The best ChordPro file is readable even before an app touches it. It should look like text, not a PDF copy or an image. A tiny invented example:

{title: Porch Light}
[G]We walk the long way [D]home
[Em]The porch light is still [C]on

That format tells the app where the chords belong. If a chart comes from a rich-text document, paste it into a plain text editor first if the spacing looks strange.

Download Lyrics Library free if you want a ChordPro chart to become a readable phone chart for stage.

Paste once, then review

After you paste the ChordPro chart, review the first verse, chorus, and bridge. You are checking for two things:

• The lyric line breaks still make sense on a phone
• The chord marks land on the syllables where the changes happen

ChordPro is good, but it is not magic. If the original file had [D] in the wrong place, the app will faithfully put it there. Fix the source chart once and the saved version becomes useful every time.

Use transpose and capo after import

The advantage of importing a real chord chart is what happens later. Once the song is in Lyrics Library, you can transpose lyrics and chords, think in capo, and keep a single chart for different singers.

That is better than keeping five files:

• Song in G
• Song in A
• Song capo 2
• Song new key
• Song final final

One clean chart is easier to trust.

Keep ChordPro simple

ChordPro can include comments and directives, but a stage chart should stay practical. Use the title, section labels, and chord tokens you actually need. Avoid filling the file with notes nobody will read during the count-in.

If the chart is handwritten in the app first, you can still treat it like a normal library song: add it to a setlist, open stage view, or export it later.

Import does not grant rights

ChordPro is a format, not a license. Add and perform material you have the right to use. For the legal side, see the Terms of Use.

For manual placement tips, read how to add guitar chords to lyrics. If you need to send the chart to someone else, read how to share lyrics as text, ChordPro, or PDF.