Chordly Documentation
Everything you need to know about creating chord sheets, guitar tabs, collaborating with others, and getting the most out of Chordly.
Chordly is a document editor for chord sheets and guitar tabs. These docs cover everything from building your first song to performing live, collaborating with others, exporting to PDF, and more.
Getting started
An overview of the editor, chord sheets, tabs, and what makes Chordly different.
From a new account to your first finished chord sheet in a few minutes.
Drag chords from the palette onto your lyrics or insert them with the keyboard.
Building songs
Add chords above lyrics, move them visually, format them, and transpose.
Insert tab staff blocks and enter notation directly with the keyboard.
Fonts, colors, alignment, spacing, and page layout controls.
Shift a chart to any key in the editor or temporarily in Play Mode.
Bring an existing ChordPro-style file into Chordly.
Ask questions about your song from inside the editor.
Features
Full-screen reading view for rehearsal and performance.
Hands-free scrolling at a set speed while you play.
Built-in click track with BPM and accent controls.
Share songs, invite editors, and work on charts together in real time.
Export any song as a print-ready PDF from the editor or Play Mode.
The standard plain-text chord sheet format — import, export, and syntax.

