diff --git a/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily b/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily
index 92f9c7a..712a7a0 100644
--- a/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily
+++ b/private_includes/base/verses_with_chords.ily
@@ -60,13 +60,14 @@
 
 % Text über Text mittig darstellen
 #(define-markup-command (textup layout props text uptext) (markup? markup?)
-   #:properties ((verselayout generalLayout))
+   #:properties ((verselayout generalLayout)
+                 (verse-text-chord-distance songTextChordDistance))
    "Markup über Text mittig darstellen."
    (interpret-markup layout props
      #{\markup {
        \size-box-to-box-style-dependent ##t ##f
-         \general-align #X #LEFT \override #`(direction . ,UP) \override #'(baseline-skip . 1.0) \dir-column \chord-alignment-style-dependent {
-           \pad-to-box #'(0 . 0) #'(0 . 2.0) { #text }
+         \general-align #X #LEFT \override #`(direction . ,UP) \override #'(baseline-skip . 1) \dir-column \chord-alignment-style-dependent {
+           \pad-to-box #'(0 . 0) #`(0 . ,(- verse-text-chord-distance 0.8)) { #text }
            \size-box-to-box ##f ##t #uptext \score { \chords { g4:m a } \layout { $verselayout } }
          }
          #text