Write lyrics with the chords on the words.
In Sonetta Studio the words and chords of a song share one page, and each chord belongs to a word.
Free, with unlimited songs and no account to create.
Chords stay put
On Monday the line ends “porch light on.” By Friday it ends “porch light burning.” The D is still over “porch.”
Chords by name
Type a chord as you would write it on paper, even C7(#9,b13). If you only know its sound, find it by ear on a wheel of chords.
Key and capo
Your singer needs it lower. The chords on the page move into the singer’s key, while the song itself stays in G. With a capo on 2, you still read the G shapes.
With a capo on 2, the key reads both ways and the chords keep their G shapes.
Sheets for the band
Printed chord sheets and lyric sheets name the writers under the title.
Print one in your singer’s key, or for guitar with the capo that gives open shapes. Pro
Try another chorus
Write a second chorus beside the first and compare them line by line. The one you don’t pick is kept. Pro
Before a big rewrite, save a milestone of the words and chords to come back to.
Questions about lyrics and chords
Can I put a chord on a specific word or syllable?
Yes. A chord can sit on a word, a syllable or the space between two words, and it moves with that word when you rewrite the line. You can nudge it a letter at a time. If you delete its word, the chord turns red until you keep it where it is or remove it.
Can I import ChordPro, OnSong or Ultimate Guitar files?
Yes. Files from all three come in with their chords on the words, and so do SongSelect and SongbookPro files. Their sections, capo and notes come with them, and the writers a file names are offered as suggestions for you to confirm. The page on importing your songbook says what each file becomes.
What can I print or export?
You can print a chord sheet or the lyrics alone, or save either as a PDF. The writers are named under the title and the copyright sits at the foot, and a long song prints on as many pages as it needs. You can also save a ChordPro file for the band’s apps, or plain text. Pro adds the sheet in another key or for a capo, a MIDI file, a lead sheet with the melody as notes, and a split sheet of who wrote what.
Is this free?
Yes. Free has unlimited songs, transposing what you see, importing, and printing in the song’s own key. Milestones and thirty days of undo are free as well. Pro adds chords as numbers, a section’s chords on a loop to sing over, alternative choruses and melodies on the words.
Verse one: each chord sits on the word it belongs to, with a take under the verse.
The middle of “Forty miles of two-lane gone” is retyped as “years of highway.” G stays on Forty and D on gone.
Picking a chord: the song’s own chords and their variations come first, with the wheel behind one button.
The sheet as it prints: the writers under the title, the chords on the words, and the song whole however long.
Two versions of the chorus side by side, the lines that differ marked.