diff --git a/verses_with_chords.ly b/verses_with_chords.ly
index 726435b..766ad75 100644
--- a/verses_with_chords.ly
+++ b/verses_with_chords.ly
@@ -254,11 +254,10 @@
       \markup {
         \override #`(baseline-skip . ,intraverse-vspace)
         \score-equal-height #verse-line-height \score-lines {
-          \transposable #transposition
           <<
             \new Devnull { #verse-break-voice }
             \new NullVoice = "dummyvoice" { #verse-reference-voice }
-            #(music-clone verse-chords)
+            \transposable #transposition #(music-clone verse-chords)
             \new Lyrics \lyricsto "dummyvoice" { #lyrics }
           >>
           \layout {