diff --git a/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily b/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily
index bab0e95..efa6de2 100644
--- a/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily
+++ b/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@
             \context {
               \Lyrics
               \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing.basic-distance = #verse-text-chord-distance
+              \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing.padding = #(- verse-text-chord-distance songTextChordDistance)
               \override LyricText.parent-alignment-X = #LEFT
               \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
               \override LyricText.word-space = 0.8