diff --git a/make/song.mk b/make/song.mk
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+CHOPRO                = $(wildcard *.chopro *.cho *.CHOPRO)
+CHOPRO_PDF            = $(addsuffix .pdf,$(basename $(CHOPRO)))
+CHOPRO_PS             = $(addsuffix .ps,$(basename $(CHOPRO)))
+
+all: $(CHOPRO_PDF)
+install:
+clean: clean.chopro clean.tmp
+distclean:
+
+pdf: $(CHOPRO_PDF)
+kpdf: $(CHOPRO_PDF)
+	kpdf $<
+
+%.pdf: %.ps
+	ps2pdf $< $@.tmp
+	mv $@.tmp $@
+
+%.ps: %.chopro
+	chord $< > $@.tmp
+	mv $@.tmp $@
+
+clean.chopro:
+	rm -f $(CHOPRO_PS) $(CHOPRO_PDF)
+
+clean.tmp:
+	rm -f *.tmp
+