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Everyone knows the old stand-by for text-based chord charts: Usually the lyrics are printed by sentence with the chords above the corresponding syllables. Heres the bridge and chorus to "(What if God were) One of Us" by Joan Osbourne:

 

Dmaj9 Esus E

Yeah... yeah... God is great

 

Dmaj9 Esus E

Yeah... yeah... God is good

 

Dmaj9 Esus E

Yeah... yeah... yeah... yeah... yeah...

 

F#m D A E

What if God was one of us?

 

F#m D A E

Just a slob like one of us?

 

F#m D A E F#m D A E

Just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home

 

 

How many times have you seen this, then tried to make sense of it? This layout lacks measures and counts.

 

With the Bennardo system we can post chord charts using only *.TXT files, AND show where the measures and beats are.

 

Look and the same bridge and chorus below. Notice the formatting information at the top, which specifies the font size and document tabs, and so on. The pipes on the first line show the measures. Just copy and paste, set the document fonts, sizes, and tabs, and the song appears formatted.

 

Notice how the measures and clearer, and the lyrics are aligned with the chords.

 

When you create the file you must use TABS, not spaces, to place the chords and lyrics. All lines have the same tab stops. There are no tabs for the "Brigde" and "Chorus" labels.

 

(What If God Were) One Of Us - Joan Osbourne 4/4

Times Roman Font 12, Left margin: 1 in, Right Margin: 1 in.

Left tabs at 0.75, 2.0, 3.25, 4.75, 5.75

 

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Bridge Dmaj9 Esus E

Yeah Yeah God is Great

 

Dmaj9 Esus E

Yeah Yeah God is Good

 

Dmaj9 Esus E

Yeah Yeah Yeh Yeh Yeh What if

 

Chorus: F#m D A E

God was one of us? Just a

 

F#m D A E

slob like one of us? Just a

 

F#m D A E

stranger on the bus trying to make his way

 

F#m D A E

home

 

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Not a bad system, though on the web, you'll need to wrap the music in code tags or something similar so that the tabs and formatting comes through. In your post, both versions looked the same on output.

 

	|		|
Bridge	Dmaj9         		Esus	E
Yeah	Yeah	God is Great

Dmaj9         		Esus	E
Yeah	Yeah	God is Good

Dmaj9         		Esus	E
Yeah	Yeah	Yeh Yeh Yeh	What if

Chorus:	F#m     	D         	A  	E  
God was 	one of us?  		Just a

F#m      	D        	A  	E  
slob like 	one of us?  		Just a

F#m    	D      	A             	E
stranger 	on the 	bus trying to 	make his way 

F#m      	D        	A  	E  
home

"I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck

 

"The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI

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That, I did not check. Making it "code" made them align, to what I can't take any credit for. :)

"I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck

 

"The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI

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