Tattie, I've thought the same thing, especially about ballads and even more so for sea chanties. Since I don't play an instrument other than my voice, I don't know much about chords - but it does seem that they are helpful for beginning guitarists (but not on sea chanties).

We do like to have melodies for songs, as much as possible. If you can post ABC, please do so. If I see ABC tunes, I often add a link to an online ABC player.
If you'd like to post a MIDI for a song, send it to me, joe@mudcat.org

-Joe-

To play or display ABC tunes, try concertina.net