diff --git a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/__init__.py b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/__init__.py
index c46a0880..b2b328eb 100644
--- a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/__init__.py
+++ b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, contextfunction, ChoiceLoader
 import jinja2
 import logging
+import operator
 import os
 from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ from patacrep.latex import lang2babel
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+def sort_directive_argument(directives):
+    """Sort directives by their argument."""
+    return sorted(directives, key=operator.attrgetter("argument"))
+
 class ChordproSong(Song):
     """Chordpro song parser"""
     # pylint: disable=abstract-method
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ class ChordproSong(Song):
         jinjaenv.filters['search_image'] = self.search_image
         jinjaenv.filters['search_partition'] = self.search_partition
         jinjaenv.filters['lang2babel'] = lang2babel
+        jinjaenv.filters['sortargs'] = sort_directive_argument
 
         try:
             return Renderer(
diff --git a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/ast.py b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/ast.py
index 9213ed37..4fe49001 100644
--- a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/ast.py
+++ b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/ast.py
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ class Song(AST):
         "artist": "add_author",
         "key": "add_key",
         "define": "add_cumulative",
+        "tag": "add_cumulative",
         }
 
     def __init__(self, filename):
diff --git a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song_header b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song_header
index 2ffb1d30..60583433 100644
--- a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song_header
+++ b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/chordpro/song_header
@@ -14,16 +14,20 @@
 
 (*- for author in authors -*)
   {artist: (( author[1] )) (( author[0] ))}
-(* endfor *)
+(* endfor -*)
 
-(*- for key in ['album', 'copyright', 'tag'] *)
+(*- for key in ['album', 'copyright'] *)
   (* if key in metadata -*)
     {(( key )): (( metadata[key] ))}
   (* endif *)
 (* endfor *)
 (* if 'cov' in metadata -*)
   {(( 'cov' )): (( metadata['cov'].argument|search_image ))}
-(* endif *)
+(* endif -*)
+
+(* for tag in metadata.get("tag", [])|sortargs -*)
+  {tag: (( tag.argument ))}
+(* endfor -*)
 
 (*- for key in metadata.morekeys -*)
   {key: (( key.keyword )): (( key.argument ))}
diff --git a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/latex/song b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/latex/song
index 6f026c79..57714de1 100644
--- a/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/latex/song
+++ b/patacrep/songs/chordpro/data/latex/song
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         (* endif *)
       (* endfor *)
   },
-  (* for key in ['album', 'copyright', 'tag'] *)
+  (* for key in ['album', 'copyright'] *)
   (* if key in metadata *)
   (( key ))={(( metadata[key] ))},
   (* endif *)
diff --git a/test/test_chordpro/tags.sgc b/test/test_chordpro/tags.sgc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..555948c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_chordpro/tags.sgc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{lang: en}
+{title: Tag test}
+{tag: a third tag}
+{tag: another}
+{tag: one tag}
diff --git a/test/test_chordpro/tags.source b/test/test_chordpro/tags.source
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5408dae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_chordpro/tags.source
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{title: Tag test}
+{tag: one tag}
+{tag: another}
+{tag: a third tag}
diff --git a/test/test_chordpro/tags.tex b/test/test_chordpro/tags.tex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e27a462a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_chordpro/tags.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+\selectlanguage{english}
+
+\beginsong{Tag test}[
+  by={
+  },
+]
+
+
+
+\endsong