CHOPRO Converter

Extract text from ChordPro songs (CHOPRO)


Drop or upload your .CHOPRO file
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How to extract text from your CHOPRO file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CHOPRO file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert CHOPRO to another file type

To convert CHOPRO songs to another format, you need ChordPro or other Text software.

Convert a file to CHOPRO

To convert other file formats to the "Music Notation" file type, you need software like ChordPro or a similar tool.


About CHOPRO files

A .CHOPRO file is a text-based music document that uses the ChordPro markup language to store song lyrics and chord progressions. Unlike standard sheet music, these files store chords inline with the text using square brackets (e.g., Swing [D]low, sweet [G]chariot) rather than positioning them visually above the words. While this makes the file size incredibly small and easy to edit in any text editor like Notepad or TextEdit, the raw format is difficult for musicians to sight-read during a live performance. To use these files effectively, musicians typically need to convert them into a visual format where chords are rendered above the lyrics, often with diagrams and formatted sections (Chorus, Verse). Users frequently convert .CHOPRO files to PDF for printing and archiving, or HTML for web display, to ensure the song sheet looks professional and is readable on stage without needing specialized software like ChordPro or OnSong.

Convert.Guru analyzes your CHOPRO file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted CHO, CHORDPRO, TXT, CRD and CDO files.


FAQ

If you want to convert CHOPRO file to , you can use ChordPro or similar software from the "Song Lyrics & Chords Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to CHOPRO, try ChordPro or another comparable tool in the "Song Lyrics & Chords Storage" category.



The CHOPRO Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our CHOPRO converter.