Transposing Chord Charts & Making Lyrics PDFs

You can also click directly on a song name, but then you'll need to click on an arrangement name from there.

1. You can enter your chords inline with your lyrics by placing the chords in brackets as demonstrated in the verse.
2. You can also place your chords on a separate line from the lyrics, like we did in the chorus.
3. Either way, the line preview at the bottom shows you how your chord and lyrics will line up. Once you have everything looking how you'd like it, click accept.
4. To import Lyrics from SongSelect by CCLI, click the button at the top right. You must have SongSelect Integration enabled.
5. To create a separate PDF with just the lyrics, click "Enable Lyrics PDF" in the lower left.

Once you've entered your chord chart, add a key and a new chart will automatically be created in that new key in a PDF format for you.

Enter the starting key you would like this chord chart to be transposed to. If the song ends in a different key, you can enter the ending key as well.

You can also add a description to this key (i.e. "Stacey's key" if someone sings in a higher or lower range).

Add a capo version of this chord chart by clicking 'add an alternate key'.

After you click "add an alternate key", you will have to specify what that key is for. And choose they key that applies.
If the song is in Db and you want the guitars to have a chart in C to capo on the first fret, add an alternate key of C, label it Capo1, and Planning Center will include the C PDF when you use the key of Db.

In the top left corner is your new transposed PDF. Click on it to download. If you want that PDF deleted you will have to delete the whole key, shown at the bottom of this picture. Just click the red "x" in the top right corner of the key to delete it.

You can use the advanced Attachment Types feature to assign Planning Center Chord Chart PDFs, Capo PDFs, and Lyric PDFs to any of your customized attachment types.

• SECTION HEADING - Type section headings, like CHORUS 1, or INSTRUMENTAL in all caps.
• [ Chord ] - Chords in square brackets are Chord Pro and will be transposed and be placed on the line above the corresponding lyrics. Anything in square brackets will only appear in Chord Chart PDFs. If it is on the same line as a SECTION HEADING, it will not be shifted to the line above.
• { note } - Text in single curly braces is a note that will show in Chords Chart PDFs and Lyric PDFs. Unlike square brackets, it will not be shifted up a line.
• {{ note }} - Text in double curly braces is a note that wil only show in Chord Chart PDFs and will be removed from Lyric PDFs and Projector slides
• :: - Double colons start a new line for Projector slides. The double colon symbol will not show up in any PDFs or slides. If your chord chart line is long and you want split it into 2 lines just for Projector slides, add a double colon :: where you want the line break to go.
• PAGE_BREAK - starts a new page
• COLUMN_BREAK - starts a new column
• KEY CHANGE ENDING KEY - Start using sharps or flats based on the Ending Key instead of the Starting Key. If you song key is D-Eb, it will use sharps by default, since D is a shart key. When you change to Eb and want to start using flats instead, type KEY CHANGE ENDING KEY.
• <b>Bolded Text</b> - Text placed between <b> and </b> will be bolded
• <i>Italicized Text</i> - Text placed between <i> and </i> will be italicized