Worship Song Sheets

Since I've been doing worship leading (starting around 1993), I've been making my own lead sheets. I've never been comfortable with what I see in song books when I'm in front of people actually singing and playing. I've needed bigger words and bigger chord names simply to be able to see them at a glance. I've never been able to keep a large number of songs in my memory to not have need of some song sheets. So for me it's a function of my vision and my memory. Maybe God will change all that one day!

In the mean time, I've amassed a fair amount of lead sheets/song sheets. It's these that you'll find linked to on this page. A few words about them to "manage" your expectations:

This is basically just what works for me copied for the world to use…no major plans to create the perfect, all-encompassing lead sheet site
They are in Microsoft Word format
I have a number of home-grown Word macros that I use for formatting, key-changing, etc. They are very customized for my situation but you're welcome to have them if you want them. They don't have much documentation and I'm not in a position at the moment to make them beautiful. Just be aware that a knowledge of Word Macros is pretty essential to use them. Just contact me if you want them…
We moved from the States to Scotland in 2000 and to France in 2002. My English lead sheets pretty much stop at that time and then my French ones start. (It's the French section that is likely to change the most.)
Frequently my French lead sheets, if it's a translated song, will have both the English and French side-by-side.
Translations are not always the official translation
There are errors!
The format has evolved somewhat.
The chords and/or keys are what works for me…your mileage may vary
At the moment they will just be the title of the document…I don't have time to create everything really nicely. Hopefully the site search will index things well enough to help you find what you need.
This page will change as I update the documents (and find time to update the page)
You can click on the column headers to sort each individual list (i.e. to find out which have changed recently)
I've placed a zip file at the top of each section that contains all those documents in one compressed file.
Your comments are welcome!

The Sections

Search the text/lyrics of the songs

Christmas Songs

English Lead Sheets

Partitions françaises (frequently French and English - souvent français et anglais)

Tri-lingual lead sheets in English, French and German/Anglais, Français et Allemand/Englisch, Französich und Deutsch

Overheads in French and English/Transparents en français et anglais

Lead sheets in French and German/Français et Allemand/Französich und Deutsch

Deutsche Lieder