Songs, Chords and Lyrics in LaTeX with the Songs Package

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Abstract

The songs package lets you create beautiful songbooks in LaTeX. You can typeset lyrics, lyrics with chords, and overhead slides for singing, all from a single master document. You can include both chord names and guitar tablature diagrams (but not full sheet music).

This example is based on an excerpt from the example songbook in the documentation for the songs package.

Songs, Chords and Lyrics in LaTeX with the Songs Package

%
% Example based on documentation for the songs project:
% http://songs.sourceforge.net/
%
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[chorded]{songs}

\noversenumbers

\begin{document}
\songsection{Worship Songs}

\begin{songs}{}
\beginsong{Doxology}[by={Louis Bourgeois and Thomas Ken},
                     sr={Revelation 5:13},
                     cr={Public domain.},
                     index={Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow}]
\beginverse
\[G]Praise God, \[D]from \[Em]Whom \[Bm]all \[Em]bless\[D]ings \[G]flow;
\[G]Praise Him, all \[D]crea\[Em]tures \[C]here \[G]be\[D]low;
\[Em]Praise \[D]Him \[G]a\[D]bove, \[G]ye \[C]heav'n\[D]ly \[Em]host;
\[G]Praise Fa\[Em]ther, \[D]Son, \[Am]and \[G/B G/C]Ho\[D]ly \[G]Ghost.
\[C]A\[G]men.
\endverse
\endsong
\end{songs}

\end{document}