diff --git a/app/app/components/chord-chart.tsx b/app/app/components/chord-chart.tsx
index 7d50539..a81a722 100644
--- a/app/app/components/chord-chart.tsx
+++ b/app/app/components/chord-chart.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import type { Section } from "~/lib/types";
+import type { LyricLine, Section } from "~/lib/types";
+
+// Max characters per rendered line. 38 fits comfortably on a 375px phone
+// at 14px monospace (≈8.4px per char with padding).
+const MAX_WIDTH = 38;
 
 interface Props {
   sections: Section[];
@@ -13,26 +17,71 @@ function buildChordRow(chords: { offset: number; chord: string }[]): string {
   return row;
 }
 
+/** Split one LyricLine into segments that each fit within maxWidth characters. */
+function segmentLine(line: LyricLine, maxWidth: number): LyricLine[] {
+  const { text, chords } = line;
+
+  if (text.length <= maxWidth) return [line];
+
+  const segments: LyricLine[] = [];
+  let start = 0;
+
+  while (start < text.length) {
+    let end = start + maxWidth;
+
+    if (end < text.length) {
+      // Break at last space before maxWidth to avoid splitting mid-word
+      const breakAt = text.lastIndexOf(" ", end);
+      if (breakAt > start) end = breakAt + 1;
+    } else {
+      end = text.length;
+    }
+
+    const segText = text.slice(start, end).trimEnd();
+
+    // Include chords whose offset falls within this segment; re-map offset
+    const segChords = chords
+      .filter((cp) => cp.offset >= start && cp.offset < end)
+      .map((cp) => ({ ...cp, offset: cp.offset - start }));
+
+    segments.push({ text: segText, chords: segChords });
+
+    // Advance past the break point, skipping leading spaces for next segment
+    start = end;
+    while (start < text.length && text[start] === " ") start++;
+  }
+
+  return segments;
+}
+
+function LineBlock({ line }: { line: LyricLine }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="leading-tight">
+      {line.chords.length > 0 && (
+        <pre className="text-primary text-sm font-mono whitespace-pre">
+          {buildChordRow(line.chords)}
+        </pre>
+      )}
+      {line.text && (
+        <pre className="text-foreground text-sm font-mono whitespace-pre">
+          {line.text}
+        </pre>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 function SectionBlock({ section }: { section: Section }) {
   return (
     <div className="mb-6">
       {section.label && (
         <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mb-1">[{section.label}]</p>
       )}
-      {section.lines.map((line, i) => (
-        <div key={i} className="leading-tight">
-          {line.chords.length > 0 && (
-            <pre className="text-primary text-sm font-mono whitespace-pre">
-              {buildChordRow(line.chords)}
-            </pre>
-          )}
-          {line.text && (
-            <pre className="text-foreground text-sm font-mono whitespace-pre">
-              {line.text}
-            </pre>
-          )}
-        </div>
-      ))}
+      {section.lines.flatMap((line, i) =>
+        segmentLine(line, MAX_WIDTH).map((seg, j) => (
+          <LineBlock key={`${i}-${j}`} line={seg} />
+        ))
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }