Simple chord/lyrics sheets?

[John Hartnup]

Hi. I'm new to LilyPond, but I'm familiar with the TeX-like compilation model.

I'm looking for a way to produce chord sheets of the kind used by several of the communities I play with. These are very much akin to a lead sheet -- with bar lines, time signatures, chord names above, repeat marks, etc. -- but there are no stave lines or notes.

For a hand-drawn example, and an ASCII-art one, see this question on Stack Exchange:  http://music.stackexchange.com/questions/5551/lead-sheets-fake-sheets-without-score 

I'm looking for a way to produce these which:

 - Is fast and convenient to write 

 - Produces an attractive and readable end-product 

 - Is easy to distribute by email etc.

I've found a way of doing this in LilyPond by making the notes and stave invisible -- but lyrics are tied to notes, to even though I'm not displaying notes, I have to write them -- breaking the "fast and convenient to write" requirement.

- Is LilyPond the right program to tackle this, or would something else be better (some LaTeX package?)

- If LilyPond, can I produce lyrics without corresponding notes?

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