GetChords: Song Transcriber

GetChords listens to a song and writes its chord sheet: the chords above the lyrics, line by line.

Play a song on a speaker, turn on the radio or sing with your guitar, then tap to listen. Stop when the song is over, and the sheet is ready.

Already have the chords? Import them from a photo, a file or a web page.

No account. No subscription. No ads. The first 25 songs are free; after that, one purchase unlocks unlimited songs.

LISTEN

• Tap once and let the song play
• Watch the chords light up on a circle of fifths while the song plays
• The first lyric lines appear after about 30 seconds
• Or open an audio file or a video from Files or Photos

CHORDS YOU ALREADY HAVE

• Take a photo of a printed sheet, or pick a screenshot
• Paste chords copied from a web page or a note
• Share a web page to GetChords
• Open a text, ChordPro or PDF file

GetChords reads the sheet on your iPhone, without an internet connection. Then it is a song like any other: transpose, capo, diagrams, autoscroll.

THE SHEET

• Each chord sits above the word it starts on, as on a printed song sheet
• Key and tempo at the top
• Transpose in semitones, or set a capo
• Chord diagrams for guitar, ukulele or piano
• Simple chords on request: C instead of Cmaj7
• Autoscroll at your speed, or play the recording with the sung line marked

FIX IT BY EAR

The chords come from what the app hears, so some will need a second look. Tap a chord to change it and hear it over the song. Move it to another word, change every chord of that kind at once, or correct a word of the lyrics. Your recording is never changed.

KEEP IT

• Sort songs into folders, with title and artist
• Search titles, artists, lyrics and folders
• Your songs on every iPhone and iPad signed in to your iCloud
• Export as PDF, ChordPro or image, with or without lyrics and chord diagrams

SHARE A SONG

• Send it as a link, or show a QR code to scan with the camera
• The PDF has the code on its last page, so a printed sheet can be scanned back in
• The link itself contains the song. No account, and no server stores it.

A shared song holds the chords and words, never the recording.

GOOD TO KNOW

GetChords works out the chords on your iPhone. On an iPhone with at least 6 GB of memory it works out the lyrics there too, after a one-time download of 574 MB over Wi-Fi. Until then, and on other devices, GetChords sends the recording, in pieces, over an encrypted connection to our server and a speech recognition service, which return the text. That needs an internet connection and your permission.

A song can run up to 5 minutes. Needs iOS 26 or later.