% ******************************************************************************* % Example file to write an sg file. % Every line starting with a % is a comment that % will not appear in the final pdf % Neither use special characters nor spaces for file names % Use the song title to name the .sg file (words separated by an _) % Use the album name for the file .jpg of the cover (words separated by an -) % Place ".sg" and ".jpg" files in a subdirectory named from artist name in ./songs % Refer to the Songs LaTeX Package documentation for advanced configuration % http://songs.sourceforge.net/songsdoc/songs.html % You may find complementary information in the Patacrep documentation file % http://www.patacrep.com/data/documents/doc_en.pdf % ******************************************************************************* \selectlanguage{english} %defines the song main language \songcolumns{2} %defines the number of columns % Sad robot: the song's title % Pornophonique : the artist's name % 8-bit-lagerfeuer : the file "8-bit-lagerfeuer.jpg" that corresponds to the album art % 8 bit lagerfeuer : the album whose song is extracted from \beginsong{Sad robot} [by={Pornophonique},cov={8-bit-lagerfeuer},album={8 bit lagerfeuer}] % inserts the album art (8-bit-lagerfeuer.jpg) \cover % \gtab{}{:} inserts a guitar chord diagram % : the chord name to be placed above the diagram. % : represents the top fret of the diagram (any number from 1 to 9). % : series of six symbols, one for each string of the guitar from lowest pitch to highest. % Each symbol should be one of: X if that string is not to be played, 0 (zero or the letter O) if that % string is to be played open, or one of 1 through 9 if that string is to be played on the given numbered fret. \gtab{D}{XX0231} \gtab{F}{1:022100} \gtab{C}{X32010} % insert a chord right before the corresponding syllabe (no space) % put a verse between \begin{verse} and \end{verse} % put a chorus between \begin{chorus} and \end{chorus} % \begin{verse*} defines a not numbered verse % use the \rep{n} macro for a sentence repeated n times % use the \echo{text} macro for background singing lyrics \lilypond{Sad_robot} % inserts the music sheet corresponding to the Sad_robot.ly file in the ./lilypond directory % verse environments are automatically numbered \begin{verse} His \[Dm]steely skin is covered By \[F]centuries of dust \[C]Once he was a great one \[Dm]Now he's dull and rust \end{verse} % repeatedchords environments allow to show (for sufficiency) % or hide (for readability) duplicated chords \begin{repeatedchords} \begin{verse*} An \[Dm]oily tear he's crying \[F]Can you feel the pain Of the \[C]sad, sad robot And it's \[Dm]driving him insane \end{verse*} \begin{verse*} He can't \[Dm]turn back time nor history So his \[F]life became a misery He \[C]has to face the destiny Nobody \[Dm]cares anymore \end{verse*} \end{repeatedchords} \begin{chorus} Sad, sad robot \rep{3} All alone \end{chorus} \endsong