Most people play straight from the site. But if you use a song app on a tablet, or you want to keep songs on your own computer, you can download them instead.
What you get is a ChordPro file: a plain text file with the words and the chords in it. That format is understood by apps like OnSong and Songbook Pro, and you can open it in any text editor as well.
This page is a second copy of the song list, set up for downloading rather than playing.
💡 Handy hints: Throughout this page, look for our Handy hints. These practical suggestions come from helpful feedback from our users and point out useful shortcuts and small details.
The tools here work exactly as they do on the main Songs Index, so if you are used to that page there is nothing new to learn.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Instrument | Sets which tuning the chord names are written for |
| Category and Type | Narrow the list by collection or by style |
| Search box | Searches titles, artists, writers and the words of the songs |
| Max Chords | Show only songs with up to a certain number of chords |
| Sort | Order by title, artist, or by what was added or updated most recently |
| Starting letter | Jump straight to a letter instead of scrolling |
💡 Handy hint: Set the Instrument before you download. The file is written for the tuning you have chosen, so a ukulele download and a guitar download of the same song are not the same file.
See The Songs Index for more on how these work.
Click any song in the list and the file downloads straight away. It is named after the song, and ends in .chordpro or .txt.
There is nothing else to do. No dialog, no options.
Once downloaded, the file can be brought into any app that reads ChordPro. That includes OnSong, Songbook Pro and a good many others.
You can also open it in an ordinary text editor if you want to read it, change a chord, or use it as the starting point for your own arrangement.
💡 Handy hint: Curious what is actually in the file? Open one in a text editor. The words are plain, the chords sit in square brackets where the change happens, and the lines in curly braces are instructions about layout.
See ChordPro Directives for what every part of the format means.
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