Lyrics

Words go under the music as a [lyrics] line inside a section — right below the chords they're sung against:

VS 4
C  C  F  C
[lyrics] Twinkle twinkle little star

Words under the chords, engraved:

[lyrics] is a reserved marker (the words for the section above it), not a section of its own — unlike the custom [Name] headers from Sections.

Lining chords up with words

To show exactly where a chord changes mid-line, put it in {curly braces} right before the syllable it lands on:

[lyrics] {C}Hello {G}world {Am}how {F}are you

The chord sits with the word, so a singer reads the change at the moment it happens. Words without a brace just carry on under the chord before them:

[lyrics] {Gm}Slow down you {A#}crazy child

Here Slow down you are all under Gm, and crazy child under A♯.

Splitting a word across notes

When one word is sung over several notes or chords, break it with hyphens — each piece is its own syllable:

[lyrics] A-ma-zing grace how sweet

That's six syllables — A, ma, zing, grace, how, sweet — with the first word stretched across three. Hyphens and {chords} combine, so a chord can land on any syllable:

[lyrics] {Cmaj7}A-{Dm7}ma-{G}zing grace

More than one verse

Stack a [lyrics] line for each set of words that shares the same chords:

CH 4
F  C  G  Am
[lyrics] first time round we sing this line
[lyrics] second time the words are new

You now have every layer of a Keyflow chart: the header, the sections that organize the song, chords in any of the three systems, their rhythm, a melody, and the lyrics underneath.

What's next

• Key & Meter Changes — the one thing left: moving to a new key or time signature partway through a song.