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shahondin1624 7b99778f67 Fix chord alignment: snap to word boundaries
Improve merge_chord_lyric() to snap chord positions to the start
of the word they fall within, instead of splitting words mid-way.
Fixes artifacts like "Liebespaar \chord{C}e" → "\chord{C}Liebespaare".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 16:36:06 +02:00

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\begin{song}{
title = {Scarborough fair},
lyrics = {englisches Traditional 16. oder 17. Jahrhundert},
composer = {überlieferte Melodie aus dem 19. Jahrhundert},
cl = 38,
barde = 25,
libock = 28,
}
% Der Name lässt sich auf das Mittelalter zurückführen, als die englische Stadt
% Scarborough ein wichtiger Treffpunkt für Kaufleute aus ganz England war. Am
% 15. August jedes Jahres startete dort eine 45-tägige große Handelsmesse, ge-
% nannt Scarborough Fair, die für damalige Verhältnisse recht lang war.
\begin{verse}
\chord{a}Are you going to \chord{G}Scarborough \chord{a}fair? \chord{C}/ Parsley, Sage, \\
\chord{C}Rosmary \chord{D}and Thyme. / \chord{a}Remember me to \chord{C}one who \\
\chord{a}lives \chord{G}there, / for \chord{a}she once \chord{G}was a true love of \chord{a}mine.
\end{verse}
\begin{verse}
Tell her to make me a cambic shirt, \\
Parsley, Sage, Rosmary and Thyme. \\
Without any seam or fine needlework \\
and then shell be a true love of mine.
\end{verse}
\begin{verse}
Tell her to buy me an acre of land, \\
Parsley, Sage, Rosmary and Thyme. \\
Between the sea foam and the sea sand, \\
and then she´ll be a true love of mine.
\end{verse}
\begin{verse}
Are you going to Scarborough fair? \\
Parsley, Sage, Rosmary and Thyme. \\
Remember me to one who lives there, \\
for she once was a true love of mine.
\end{verse}
\end{song}