Built for guitarists. Made simple on purpose.
Chordly is a web-based chord sheet and guitar tab editor that gets out of your way so you can focus on the music.
The tools guitarists had didn't respect how guitarists actually work.
For years, the options were: complicated desktop notation software, cryptic ChordPro text files, or scrawled-on paper. None of them matched the mental model of a guitarist building a song — where chords float above specific words, where the layout matters, and where you might want to hand the document to a bandmate ten minutes before a rehearsal.
Chordly was built to fix that. Drag a chord onto a lyric and it sits exactly where you put it. Transpose the whole song in one click. Share it instantly, or collaborate on it in real time. Export a clean PDF when you need something printable.
It's a tool built around the way guitarists actually think — not around music theory notation conventions.
What we believe
The decisions behind Chordly come down to a few core principles.
Creating should be effortless
Placing a chord over a lyric should take one drag, not a syntax lookup. Chordly is built around the visual, tactile reality of how guitarists actually think about their music.
Your music should go anywhere
No installs, no file management, no version conflicts. Chordly runs entirely in the browser so your chord sheets are accessible from any device, always up to date.
Making music is better together
Whether you're writing with a bandmate, teaching a student, or leading a worship team, real-time collaboration should be first-class — not a paid add-on bolted on later.
AI should assist, not take over
The AI Songwriting Assistant in Chordly is a creative partner — suggesting chord progressions, helping shape lyrics, generating ideas — while keeping you in control of your music.
Who uses Chordly
Anyone who plays guitar and needs a clean, reliable way to build and share chord sheets or tabs. In practice, that looks like:
- Songwriters building lead sheets for originals
- Bands preparing chord sheets for rehearsal
- Worship leaders organizing their weekly setlist
- Music teachers sharing arrangements with students
- Solo players keeping their repertoire in one place
- Anyone who wants their tabs and charts to actually look good
Practice Mode, built in
Every chord sheet in Chordly opens in Play Mode — a distraction-free view with hands-free autoscroll, live transpose, and a metronome. No separate app needed.
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