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The ChordPro format

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Songpress supports a subset of the original ChordPro format. The following table displays ChordPro command supported by Songpress.

Command	Description	Example
{title:Song title} or {t:Song title}	Title: produce song title	{title:Greensleves}
{start_of_chorus}...{end_of_chorus} or {soc}...{eoc}	Chorus: produces a chorus verse with lyrics and chords inside the commands	{soc} [C]Greensleeves was [G]all my [Em]joy... {eoc}
(blank line)	Verse: begins a new verse	This is the first verse And this is another one
[Chord]	Chord: produce a chord just above the current position in lyrics	[C]Greensleeves was [G]all my [Em]joy
{comment:a comment} or {c:a comment}	Comment: produce a comment	{c:repeat twice}
# source comment	Source comment: comment in the chord pro file, don't produce anything	# TODO: add other verses