Dave, here's one of my files, about 650 to 700 songs in this one, mostly lyrics, but some with chords over the words. Free for to anyone that wants them.
https://app.box.com/s/8bwjhtworydlzehmynry06tut0wsfta9 About 30 years of work, pretty much the same way DonM did it. I began with a bunch of 3-inch looseleaf binders, then transcribed all these into Word Perfect, then later converted them to MS Word. If you open them in Word Pad, they will open as a text file if you designate this. Made life so easy when I was on stage.
Gary

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