Hi All
I am new to this Lilipond user help group, I aplopgize if I am breaking any
rules are guideline.
I have been use Lilypond for a few year, even though I do not fully understand
it.
I am trying to make a Chord Chart that goes over two pages, in what I call a
"ukulele layout". A "ukulele layout" being where the chords are in line with
the lyrics.
I also, in the long run, I am looking to do a other layout of the same song but
in what I call a "guitar layout". A "guitar layout" being where the chords are
above the lyrics.
For both of the layouts I want the option of going over two page, should I need
to.
Here is the code for the "ukulele layout", which fills up one page., but if I
try and add another verse (just as a test) it goes funny!
Thanks
\version "2.18.2" % necessary for upgrading to future LilyPond versions.
\header{
title = "ODE TO BILLIE JOE - KEY // - VERSION 2"
subtitle = "For melody"
arranger = "HELP NEEDED TO DO A TWO PAGE CHORD CHART"
copyright = "HELP NEEDED TO DO A TWO PAGE CHORD CHART"
tagline = "HELP NEEDED TO DO A TWO PAGE CHORD CHART"
}
\layout {
indent = 0.0
}
melody = \relative c' { \key a \major
| \partial 4. e'8 e8[ e8] | e4 e8 e8 r8 e8 e8[ e8] | e8[ e8] a8 a8
e8 e4 e8 ~ | e1 |
}
text = \lyricmode {
\set stanza = #" " It was the third of June a -- no -- ther sleep -- y, dust --
y, Del -- ta Day.
}
\score{ <<
\new Voice = "one" { \melody }
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text
>>
\layout { }
}
\markup { \column {
\line { \transparent {Verse 2. }}
% Verse One
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { Verse 1}
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { It was the \bold [D7] third of \bold [D7/A] June
another \bold [Am7] sleepy, dusty, Delta \bold [D7] day. \bold [D7/A] \bold
[D7] \bold [D7/A]}
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { I was \bold [D7] out chopping cotton, and my \bold
[Am7] brot-her was bailing \bold [D7] hay. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7] \bold [D7/A]
}
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { And at \bold [G7] din-ner time we stopped and walked
\bold [G7] back to the house to \bold [G7] eat. }
\line \fontsize #-0.5 {And momma \bold [D7] holler-ed out the back door
'y'all re- \bold [D7] -mem-ber to wipe your \bold [D7] feet'. }
\line { And then she \bold [G7] said I got some news this \bold [G7] morn-in'
from Choctaw \bold [G7] Ridge. }
\line \fontsize #-0.5 { Today \bold [D7] Bill-ie Joe McAllister jumped \bold
[C7] off the Tallahatchie \bold [D7] Bridge. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7] \bold
[D7/A] }
%to make a line look blank, for vertical space between lines
\line \fontsize #-40 {. }
% verse Two
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { Verse 2}
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { And \bold [D7] pop-pa said to \bold [D7/A] momma as
he \bold [Am7] passed around the black-eyed peas. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7]
\bold [D7/A] }
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { Well Billie \bold [D7] Joe never had a lick of \bold
[Am7] sense, pass the biscuits \bold [D7] please. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7]
\bold [D7/A] }
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { There's \bold [G7] five more acres in the \bold [G7]
low-er forty I got to \bold [G7] plow. }
\line \fontsize #-0.5 { And momma \bold [D7] said it was a shame a- \bold [D7]
-bout Billie Joe any \bold [D7] -how.}
\line { \bold [G7] noth-ing ever comes to no \bold [G7] good up on Choctaw
\bold [G7] Ridge. }
\line \fontsize #-0.5 { And \bold [D7] Bill-ie Joe McAllister jumped \bold
[C7] off the Tallahatchie \bold [D7] Bridge. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7] \bold
[D7/A] }
%to make a line look blank, for vertical space between lines
\line \fontsize #-40 {. }
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { Verse 3}
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { \bold [D7] Brother said \bold [D7/A] he recalled
when \bold [Am7] he and Tom and Billie Joe. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7] \bold
[D7/A] }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 { And put a frog \bold [D7] frog down my back at the
\bold [Am7] Car-roll County Picture \bold [D7] Show. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7]
\bold [D7/A] }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 { And wasn't \bold [G7] I talkin' to him after \bold
[G7] church last Sunday \bold [G7] night. }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 { I'll have a- \bold [D7] -no-ther piece of pie \bold
[D7] _ _ you know it don't seem \bold [D7] right. }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 { I \bold [G7] saw him at the sawmill yester- \bold
[G7] -day up on Choctaw \bold [G7] Ridge. }
\line \fontsize #-0.5 { An' now you \bold [D7] tell me Bill-ie Joe jumped
\bold [C7] off the Tallahatchie \bold [D7] Bridge. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7]
\bold [D7/A] }
%to make a line look blank, for vertical space between lines
\line \fontsize #-40 {. }
%Verse 4
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { Verse 4}
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { \bold [D7] Mom-ma said to \bold [D7/A] me 'Child
what's \bold [Am7] happened to your appetite? \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7] \bold
[D7/A] }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 { Why I've been \bold [D7] cook-in' all morning, and
you \bold [Am7] haven't touched a single \bold [D7] bite. \bold [D7/A] \bold
[D7] \bold [D7/A] }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 { That \bold [G7] nice young preacher Brother \bold
[G7] Tay-lor dropped by to- \bold [G7] day. }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 { Said he'd be \bold [D7] pleased to have dinner on
\bold [D7] Sun-day, oh and by the \bold [D7] way. }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 { He \bold [G7] said he saw a girl that looked a \bold
[G7] lot like you up on Choctaw \bold [G7] Ridge. }
\line \fontsize #-0.5 { And she and \bold [D7] Billie Jo was throwing
something \bold [C7] off the Tallahatchie \bold [D7] Bridge. \bold [D7/A]
\bold [D7] \bold [D7/A] }
%to make a line look blank, for vertical space between lines
\line \fontsize #-40 {. }
% Verse 5
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { Verse 5}
\line \fontsize #-0.8 { A \bold [D7] year has come and \bold [D7/A] gone
since we \bold [Am7] heard the news 'bout Billie Joe. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7]
\bold [D7/A] }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 { And \bold [D7] Brother married Becky Thompson they
\bold [Am7] bought a store in Tuppe- \bold [D7] lo. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7]
\bold [D7/A] }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 {There was a \bold [G7] virus goin' 'round Poppa \bold
[G7] caught it and he died last \bold [G7] Spring. }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 {And now \bold [D7] Momma doesn't seem to wanna \bold
[D7] do much of any- \bold [D7] -thing. }
\line \fontsize #-0.6 { And \bold [G7] me I spend a lot of time pickin'
\bold [G7] flowers up on Choctaw \bold [G7] Ridge. }
\line \fontsize #-0.5 { And drop them \bold [D7] in-to the muddy water \bold
[C7] off the Tallahatchie \bold [D7] Bridge. \bold [D7/A] \bold [D7] \bold
[D7/A] }
}
}
\layout { }
\midi { }
}
Jacqueline
