Guitar chord file format

The Guitar chord file format is a simple ASCII file format for transcribing songs with guitar chords and lyrics. Although this format is legible as it is, there are many popular programs for displaying, transposing and printing. .crd is the normal filename extension.

Format

Lyrics

Lyrics are any text that is not otherwise differentiated.

Capo 1 Standard D tuning

[Verse 1] (Em, C, G, D) Em C G What would I do without your smart mouth

           D                  Em

Drawing me in, and kicking me out

         C            G               D          Em

Got my head spinning, no kidding, I cant pin you down

            C                     G

Whats going on in that beautiful mind

              D             Em

Im on your magical mystery ride

       C              G                     D         Am

And Im so dizzy, dont know what hit me, but Ill be alright

[Bridge] (Am, Em, D) Am Em My heads under water

   D             Am

But Im breathing fine

               Em             D

Youre crazy and Im out of my mind

[Chorus] (G, Em, Am, D)

Cause all of me

Em

Loves all of you

Am

Love your curves and all your edges

All your perfect imperfections

Give your all to me

Em

Ill give my all to you

Am

Youre my end and my beginning

Even when I lose Im winning

                 Em   C      G

Cause I give you all, all of me

                Em   C      G    D

And you give me all, all of you, oh

[Verse] (Em, C, G, D) Em C G How many times do I have to tell you

                 D                     Em

Even when youre crying you’re beautiful too

             C           G         D                  Em

The world is beating you down, Im around through every move

           C                G

Youre my downfall, youre my muse

            D                        Em

My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues

              C            G        D            Am

I cant stop singing, its ringing, in my head for you

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

[Bridge Change] Am Em Cards on the table

      D             Am

Were both showing hearts Am Em D Risking it all, though its hard

[Chorus]

                 Em   C      G

Cause I give you all, all of me

                Em   C      G    D

And you give me all, all of you, oh

Chords

Chords are delimited by square brackets. If the chord name follows a known system it can be properly interpreted by a program. Non-standard names are allowed though.

Directives

Directives are delimited by curly braces. They are used to indicate meta data and to mark sections of a song.

Example

{title:Wonderful Time}
{subtitle:Words and Music (C) 2007 Adam Monsen}

[C]Every[G]body, [F]let's have a wonderful time
[C]Take it [G]slowly, [F]while you're feelin' fine
[C]One strange [E7]day shouldn't [F]take you by surprise
[C]But all right, [G]hey hey, [F]hey hey

{start_of_chorus}
[C]Ahhh [Am]ahhh [G]ahhh
[C]Ahhh [Am]ahhh [G]ahhh
{end_of_chorus}

[F]Wonderful [C]time