# Chords over Lyrics

Before ChordPro it was common to write lead sheets with chords on separate lines preceding the lyrics. This is often referred to as crd format. For example

      D          G    D
Swing low, sweet chariot,
                       A7
Comin’ for to carry me home.

ChordPro tries to detect whether the input files are in this legacy format and if so, internally converts the data to ChordPro (cho format) before processing.

Swing [D]low, sweet [G]chari[D]ot,
Comin’ for to carry me [A7]home.

The Graphical Application can convert your cut/pasted songs from sites like Ultimate Guitar into ChordPro format to tweak it to your needs.