A collection of songbooks for singing and playing together — with lyrics and ukulele chords. No technical knowledge needed to enjoy them.
Ready-to-print PDFs are attached to every release:
Download the latest PDFs from the Releases page
Each songbook is a single PDF, one song per page. Download it, print it, or open it on a tablet — that's it.
| Songbook | What's inside |
|---|---|
| Bricioline | Queen of Saba — Italian children's music |
| Canzoni Ribelli | Italian rebel and protest songs |
| Diplomatico e il Collettivo Ninco Nanco | È tutto un falso, Ho visto il mondo, Troppe Parole |
| España Circo Este | Italian reggae/indie band, Italian and Spanish lyrics |
| faccianuvola | Italian indie-pop singer-songwriter faccianuvola |
| Good Songs | A mixed bag of favourites (Ed Sheeran, Anna Kendrick, …) |
| HBS Songbook — Italiano | Italian songs, with cover and chord chart |
| HBS Songbook — English | 100+ English songs, with cover and chord chart |
Every song lives in its own small text file. Files are grouped into folders, one folder per songbook:
songbooks/
bricioline/ ← one folder = one songbook
01-come-una-foglia.cho ← one file = one song
02-cose-un-limone.cho
hsb-eng/
...
pdf/ ← compiled PDFs land here
The number at the start of each filename (01, 02, …) sets the song order
in the printed book.
Song files use a simple text format called
ChordPro. You can open any .cho file right
here on GitHub and read it — lyrics are plain text, and chords sit in square
brackets exactly where you play them:
{title: Come una foglia}
{artist: Queen of Saba}
[DO]Questa mattina, [LA-]al primo incontro
Chords use Italian names: DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL, LA, SI
(instead of C, D, E, F, G, A, B). A minus sign means minor: LA- is
A minor.
Besides the PDFs, any ChordPro-compatible app can open the .cho files
directly — handy for transposing to another key or changing instrument.
Popular choices: Songbook Pro and
Chordsmith.
Spotted a wrong chord, or want to contribute a song? Wonderful!
- Easiest: open an issue describing the song or the fix — no coding required.
- Hands-on: see CONTRIBUTING.md for the file conventions, how PDFs get built, and how to open a pull request.
This repository does not claim any rights over the songs themselves. All lyrics, music, and chords remain the property of their respective artists, songwriters, and publishers. This project only repackages and organizes publicly available songs and chords into printable songbooks for personal, non-commercial use (rehearsals, sing-alongs, and the like).
If you are a rights holder and want a song removed, please open an issue.