diff --git a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song
index d721df33..3baa8c22 100644
--- a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song
+++ b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song
@@ -1,35 +1,3 @@
-(* if language is defined -*)
-  {language: (( language ))}
-(* endif *)
-(* if metadata.columns is defined -*)
-  {columns: (( metadata.columns ))}
-(* endif *)
-(* if metadata.capo is defined -*)
-  {capo: (( metadata.capo ))}
-(* endif *)
+(* include 'song_header' *)
 
-(*- for title in titles -*)
-  {title: (( title ))}
-(* endfor -*)
-
-(*- for author in authors -*)
-  {artist: (( author[1] ))(( author[0] ))}
-(* endfor *)
-
-(*- for key in ['album', 'copyright', 'cov', 'tag'] *)
-  (* if key in metadata -*)
-    {(( key )): (( metadata[key] ))}
-  (* endif *)
-(* endfor *)
-
-(*- for key in metadata.keys -*)
-  {key: (( key.keyword )): (( key.argument ))}
-(* endfor *)
-
-(*- for chord in metadata['define'] *)
-  ((- render(chord) ))
-(* endfor *)
-
-(* for item in content -*)
-    (( render(item) ))
-(* endfor *)
+(* include 'song_body' *)
diff --git a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song_body b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song_body
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b7159bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song_body
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+(* for item in content -*)
+    (( render(item) ))
+(* endfor *)
diff --git a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song_header b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song_header
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4a59862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song_header
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+(* if language is defined -*)
+  {language: (( language ))}
+(* endif *)
+(* if metadata.columns is defined -*)
+  {columns: (( metadata.columns ))}
+(* endif *)
+(* if metadata.capo is defined -*)
+  {capo: (( metadata.capo ))}
+(* endif *)
+
+(*- for title in titles -*)
+  {title: (( title ))}
+(* endfor -*)
+
+(*- for author in authors -*)
+  {artist: (( author[1] ))(( author[0] ))}
+(* endfor *)
+
+(*- for key in ['album', 'copyright', 'cov', 'tag'] *)
+  (* if key in metadata -*)
+    {(( key )): (( metadata[key] ))}
+  (* endif *)
+(* endfor *)
+
+(*- for key in metadata.keys -*)
+  {key: (( key.keyword )): (( key.argument ))}
+(* endfor *)
+
+(*- for chord in metadata['define'] *)
+  ((- render(chord) ))
+(* endfor *)