khrykin / chordify

You want to write a songbook in some markup language (HTML, LaTeX, etc...) and you've got monospaced text with chords somewhere in the internet... OK, then you need chordify.

Chordify

You want to write a songbook in some markup language (HTML, LaTeX, etc...) and you've got monospaced text with chords somewhere in the internet... OK, then you need chordify.

CLI Installation & Usage

First, install node. On OSX you do $ brew install node. Then $ npm install -g chordify.

Then type $ chordify to see options list.

Usage:

$ chordify --[option] [param]

Latex and ultimateguitar.com example:

$ chordify --url https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/p/pulp/joyriders_crd.htm --selector .js-tab-content --pre \\chord{{chord}}{ --after } --gutter \\space{20}

Output:

Trying to find some chords at:
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/p/pulp/joyriders_crd.htm

FETCHED 200 OK


RESULT 1



#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 20:15:31 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Wavey Davey!)
Subject: correct chords for "Joyriders" by Pulp

Joyriders, by Pulp

I couldn't get the original one I did, that e-mail account got wiped.
So here they are once again
Transcribed by Dave Twisleton [e-mail]
Lyrics from Anthony Bailey's Pulp Pages:
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~baileya/Pulp/L-joyriders.html

\chord{C}{} We like driving on a\chord{G}{}Saturday\chord{Am}{}night

\chord{C}{} past the Leisure Centre, \chord{G}{l}eft at the li\chord{B}{g}hts

Oh we don't look for tr\chord{C}{o}uble, but if it co\chord{F}{m}es we don't r\chord{Em}{u}n

Looking out for tr\chord{C}{o}uble is what w\chord{F}{e} call f\chord{Em}{u}n

\chord{B}{\space{20}}\space{20}
Hey y\chord{B}{o}u, you in the Jesus sandals

\chord{C}{w}ouldn't you l\chord{G}{i}ke to c\chord{B}{o}me

over and watch some vandals

\chord{C}{s}mashing up som\chord{G}{e}one's ho\chord{B}{m}e?

[VERSE 2] (same  chords as 1)

We can't help it we're so thick we can't think
can't think of anything but shit, sleep and drink
Oh and we like women; "Up the women!" we say
and if we get lucky yeah we might even meet some one day


\chord{C}{M}ister, we just want your c\chord{Em}{a}r

`cos we're t\chord{C}{a}king a girl to the re\chord{Em}{s}ervoir

\chord{F}{O}h all the pap\chord{F#}{e}rs say it's a tr\chord{B}{a}gedy
but don't you want to come and see?

\chord{C}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{G}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{Am}{\space{20}}\space{20}
\chord{C}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{G}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{B}{\space{20}}\space{20}
\chord{C}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{F}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{Em}{\space{20}}\space{20}
\chord{C}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{F}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{Em}{\space{20}}\space{20}
\chord{B}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{C}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{G}{\space{20}}\space{20}
\chord{B}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{C}{\space{20}}\space{20}\chord{G}{\space{20}}\space{20}
\chord{B}{\space{20}}\space{20}

Mister we just want your car
`cos we're taking a girl to the reservoir
Oh all the papers say it's a tragedy
Mister...

[end]
it's a tr\chord{B}{a}gedy.

Have fun!

Javascript API

import chordify from 'chordify';

chordify(string, pre, before, after, gutter, debug) ⇒ string

Main chrodifying function

Kind: inner method of chordify
Returns: string - output

Param	Type	Description
string	string	String to inspect for chords
pre	string	String to be placed before chord's target character
before	string	String to be placed before chord's target character. {chord} will be replaced with actual chord signature.
after	string	String to be placed after chord's target character. {chord} will be replaced with actual chord signature.
gutter	string	String to be appended to the end of after in chords-only lines
debug	boolean	If set, outputs object with parsing info