DEV Community

Jack Green
Jack Green

Posted on Originally published at tools.jackgreen.top

I Built a Free Song Chord Chart Generator Because Songbook Charges $3.99/Month

The Problem

Every Sunday, worship leaders around the world face the same ritual: prepare chord charts for the band. It's a weekly (sometimes daily) task — song title, key, sections (verse, chorus, bridge), chords above the lyrics.

And Songbook wants $3.99 a month for it.

That's $47.88 a year for a tool your team uses every single week. For a mobile app you open, type in, and close.

The Solution

I built a free, browser-based Song Chord Chart Generator. It does exactly what you need:

  • Song metadata: title, key, artist, tempo
  • Section management: add Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Intro, Outro sections
  • Chord diagrams: visual guitar chord charts for common open and barre chords
  • Transpose: one-click transpose up or down by semitone
  • Chord palette: click to insert chords at cursor position
  • Print-friendly output: print directly or save as PDF from your browser
  • Dark mode: auto-switches based on your system preference
  • No signup, no account, no data collection — your content stays in your browser

Why It Exists

Because worship leaders with church budgets shouldn't have to subscribe to a mobile app for chord charts they create weekly. Songbook is a fine app. It's absurd pricing for a tool that does one thing.

Churches are already stretched thin. Every subscription adds up.

Try It Free

Build chord charts in seconds →

Free forever. No credit card. No account. 30-day refund promise if anything goes wrong.

Top comments (0)