I will try to message this directly, since this thread is old now:

I solved this, figuring out the file structure and encoding from the examples. I was totally wrong about the printer idea I suggested in another reply.

MARLEY.CHT, for example, looks something like this:

          ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗                                                
          ║                                                            ║                                                
          ║                                                            ║                                                
          ║                                                            ║                                                
          ║                                                            ║                                                
          ║                                                            ║                                                
          ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣                                                
          ║      BBoobb  MMaarrlleeyy  &&  TThhee  WWaaiilleerrss      ║                                                
          ║      BBoobb  MMaarrlleeyy  &&  TThhee  WWaaiilleerrss      ║                                                
          ║                        LLeeggeenndd                        ║                                                
          ╠═════════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════╣                                                
          ║AA::                         ║BB::                          ║                                                
          ║AA::                         ║BB::                          ║                                                
          ║- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -║- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ║                                                
          ║1.No woman no cry            ║1.Three little birds          ║                                                
          ║                             ║                              ║                                                
          ║2.One love/people get ready  ║2.Buffalo soldier             ║                                                
          ║                             ║                              ║                                                
          ║3.Is this love               ║3.Waiting in a vain           ║                                                
   

etc.

You can see all the files and the code that made them here: https://github.com/econandrew/hn_mystery_files

This was a strangely satisfying task. I hope I can help the OP recover their more important files too.