diff --git a/src/Exsurge.Chant.ChantLine.js b/src/Exsurge.Chant.ChantLine.js
index abbb3c4..fa404b5 100644
--- a/src/Exsurge.Chant.ChantLine.js
+++ b/src/Exsurge.Chant.ChantLine.js
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export class ChantLine extends ChantLayoutElement {
     canvasCtxt.translate(-this.bounds.x, -this.bounds.y);
   }
 
-  createSvgFragment(ctxt) {
+  createSvgFragment(ctxt, top = 0) {
     var inner = "";
 
     // add the chant lines
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ export class ChantLine extends ChantLayoutElement {
 
     return QuickSvg.createFragment('g', {
       'class': 'chantLine',
-      'transform': 'translate(' + this.bounds.x + ',' + this.bounds.y + ')'
+      'transform': 'translate(' + this.bounds.x + ',' + (this.bounds.y - top) + ')'
     }, inner);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/Exsurge.Chant.js b/src/Exsurge.Chant.js
index 0fff14a..819fd40 100644
--- a/src/Exsurge.Chant.js
+++ b/src/Exsurge.Chant.js
@@ -592,6 +592,36 @@ export class ChantScore {
     return fragment;
   }
 
+  createSvgForEachLine(ctxt) {
+
+    var fragment = "",
+        fragmentDefs = "";
+
+    // create defs section
+    for (var def in ctxt.defs)
+      if (ctxt.defs.hasOwnProperty(def))
+        fragmentDefs += ctxt.defs[def];
+
+    fragmentDefs = QuickSvg.createFragment('defs', {}, fragmentDefs);
+    var top = 0;
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.lines.length; i++) {
+      var lineFragment = fragmentDefs + this.lines[i].createSvgFragment(ctxt, top);
+      var height = this.lines[i].bounds.height + ctxt.staffInterval * 1.5;
+      lineFragment = QuickSvg.createFragment('g', {}, lineFragment);
+      lineFragment = QuickSvg.createFragment('svg', {
+        'xmlns': 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg',
+        'version': '1.1',
+        'xmlns:xlink': 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink',
+        'class': 'ChantScore',
+        'width': this.bounds.width,
+        'height': height
+      }, lineFragment);
+      fragment += lineFragment;
+      top += height;
+    }
+    return fragment;
+  }
+
   unserializeFromJson(data) {
     this.autoColoring = data['auto-coloring'];