diff --git a/src/index.hbs b/src/index.hbs
index b2a12a68..f1900595 100644
--- a/src/index.hbs
+++ b/src/index.hbs
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@
   <section class="ImportDialog" id="importDialog">
     <button class="ImportDialog__close-button" id="importDialog__closeButton" type="button">×</button>
     <div class="ImportDialog__contents"><h1>Import chord sheet</h1>
+      <label class="ImportDialog__label" for="importDialog__format">Import format</label>
+      <select class="ImportDialog__format" id="importDialog__format"></select>
       <textarea class="ChordSheetEditor ImportDialog__editor" id="importDialog__editor"></textarea>
       <div class="ImportDialog__buttons">
         <button class="large" id="importDialog__confirmButton" type="button">Import chord sheet</button>
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 18ac7ddb..01b27c46 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import chordsheetjs from 'chordsheetjs';
 
 import './sass/main.sass';
 
-import { convertChordSheetToChordPro } from './js/chord_sheet_transformations';
 import { getQueryParams, setQueryParams } from './js/location_hash';
+import { convertImportedChordSheetToChordPro } from './js/import_format';
 import ChordSheetEditor from './js/chord_sheet_editor';
 import ChordSheetViewer from './js/chord_sheet_viewer';
 import ImportDialog from './js/import_dialog';
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class App {
       this.render();
     };
 
-    this.importDialog.onImportConfirmed = (chordSheet) => {
-      const chordProSheet = convertChordSheetToChordPro(chordSheet);
+    this.importDialog.onImportConfirmed = (chordSheet, format) => {
+      const chordProSheet = convertImportedChordSheetToChordPro(chordSheet, format);
       this.chordSheetEditor.setValue(chordProSheet);
       this.render();
     };
diff --git a/src/js/chord_sheet_transformations.js b/src/js/chord_sheet_transformations.js
index 45b4916a..bccb9095 100644
--- a/src/js/chord_sheet_transformations.js
+++ b/src/js/chord_sheet_transformations.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {
   ChordProFormatter,
   ChordProParser,
-  ChordSheetParser,
+  ChordsOverWordsParser,
 } from 'chordsheetjs';
 
 const transformChordSheet = (chordSheet, processor) => {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const switchToFlat = (chordSheet) => (
 );
 
 export const convertChordSheetToChordPro = (chordSheet) => {
-  const parser = new ChordSheetParser({ preserveWhitespace: false });
+  const parser = new ChordsOverWordsParser({ preserveWhitespace: false });
   const formatter = new ChordProFormatter();
   const song = parser.parse(chordSheet);
   return formatter.format(song);
diff --git a/src/js/import_dialog.js b/src/js/import_dialog.js
index 812e2d16..ef79ab06 100644
--- a/src/js/import_dialog.js
+++ b/src/js/import_dialog.js
@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
 import Component from './component';
+import { getImportFormatOptions } from './import_format';
 
 class ImportDialog extends Component {
   onImportConfirmed = () => {};
 
   setup() {
+    this.populateFormatOptions();
+
     this.onClick('confirmButton', () => {
       const editor = this.element('editor');
+      const format = this.element('format').value;
       const chordSheet = editor.value;
       editor.value = '';
       this.close();
-      this.onImportConfirmed(chordSheet);
+      this.onImportConfirmed(chordSheet, format);
     });
 
     this.onClick('closeButton', () => this.close());
   }
 
+  populateFormatOptions() {
+    const select = this.element('format');
+
+    select.innerHTML = getImportFormatOptions()
+      .map(({ label, value }) => `<option value="${value}">${label}</option>`)
+      .join('');
+
+    select.value = 'ultimate-guitar';
+  }
+
   setOpen(open) {
     this.container.classList.toggle('ImportDialog--visible', open);
   }
diff --git a/src/js/import_format.js b/src/js/import_format.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..147a3e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/import_format.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import {
+  ChordProFormatter,
+  ChordProParser,
+  ChordsOverWordsParser,
+  UltimateGuitarParser,
+} from 'chordsheetjs';
+
+const PARSER_BY_FORMAT = {
+  chordpro: ChordProParser,
+  'chords-over-words': ChordsOverWordsParser,
+  'ultimate-guitar': UltimateGuitarParser,
+};
+
+export const getImportFormatOptions = () => [
+  { label: 'Ultimate Guitar', value: 'ultimate-guitar' },
+  { label: 'Chords over Words', value: 'chords-over-words' },
+];
+
+export const getParserForFormat = (format = 'ultimate-guitar') => (
+  PARSER_BY_FORMAT[format] || PARSER_BY_FORMAT['ultimate-guitar']
+);
+
+export const convertImportedChordSheetToChordPro = (chordSheet, format = 'ultimate-guitar') => {
+  const Parser = getParserForFormat(format);
+
+  const parser = Parser === ChordsOverWordsParser
+    ? new Parser({ preserveWhitespace: false })
+    : new Parser();
+
+  const song = parser.parse(chordSheet);
+  return new ChordProFormatter().format(song);
+};
diff --git a/src/js/import_format.test.js b/src/js/import_format.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aaaaffe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/import_format.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import chordsheetjs from 'chordsheetjs';
+
+import { getImportFormatOptions, getParserForFormat } from './import_format.js';
+
+test('import format options include Ultimate Guitar and Chords over Words', () => {
+  const names = getImportFormatOptions().map((option) => option.value);
+
+  assert.ok(names.includes('ultimate-guitar'));
+  assert.ok(names.includes('chords-over-words'));
+});
+
+test('Ultimate Guitar format uses the expected parser class', () => {
+  const parser = getParserForFormat('ultimate-guitar');
+
+  assert.equal(parser, chordsheetjs.UltimateGuitarParser);
+});