diff --git a/chord_settings.ly b/chord_settings.ly
index befee4f..8637930 100644
--- a/chord_settings.ly
+++ b/chord_settings.ly
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ bchord =
 	\revert ChordName.font-series
 #})
 
+shiftChord = #(define-music-function (parser location xshift chord) (number? ly:music?)
+#{
+	\once \override ChordName.extra-offset = #`(,xshift . 0)
+	$chord
+#})
+
 % kleine Mollakkorde und Alteration ausgeschrieben
 #(define (note-name->german-markup-nosym pitch lowercase?)
    (define (pitch-alteration-semitones pitch) (inexact->exact (round (* (ly:pitch-alteration pitch) 2))))