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HTML

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<span class="chord"><span class="inner">C</span></span>This line has a C chord, and it also has an <span class="chord"><span class="inner">F</span></span>F chord

CSS

.chord { position: absolute
 }

.chord .inner {  position: relative;
    top: -1em;}