Chord Lyrics
approvedby nevernotmove
Display chord names over lyrics. Supports line wrapping, section headers and auto-detection.
Obsidian Chord Lyrics
This plugin adds the ability to display chords over lyrics to Obsidian.
Features
- Highlight chords
- Basic line wrapping on smaller screens while maintaining chord / lyrics relationship
- Automatically detects most chord / lyrics lines
- Ability to display a section header (e.g. chorus or verse)
- Customizable colors
Examples
These small examples help you to quickly get going.
Chords
To add chords just write them above the lyrics in a chordlyrics block.
```chordlyrics
A Cm F D7
These are your deep lyrics
```
turns into

Headers
To add a section header just add the name in between square brackets.
```chordlyrics
[My Verse]
A G9 F- D A D
This line really tickles my soul
```
turns into

Mark Lines
In case automatic detection leaves you hanging, you can mark chord lines with %c and text lines with %t at the end.
```chordlyrics
Dm7 D A D B A Am A C Dm Dm7 Gadd9 %c
I'm a changed person after reading this %t
```
turns into

Wrapping
Chords and lyrics wrap around with less space while maintaining their relationship.
```chordlyrics
[Verse 1]
A G7 D# F-
Chords and lyrics wrap around
A G7 D# F-
Did you really expect a rhyme
[Chorus]
A D A7 D F- D A7 D
Thank you for checking out the plugin
```
turns into

with less available space everything wraps around

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