About Ultimate Guitar

Make some noise with Ultimate Guitar — the original home of tabs and chords for musicians serious about making their sound heard. Play your favorite songs with unbridled passion, and learn from your musical heroes with the ultimate in tabs, tools, and resources. So go, Play it loud.

Sound like your idols

With 2M+ tabs and chords in every genre, learn to play all the songs you're obsessed with from the artists who inspire you to get loud.

Legendary tabs

Discover 30K+ Official Tabs, from new releases by A-list artists to the classics. All flawlessly transcribed, with backing tracks recorded in-house by pro musicians.

Play your way

Autoscroll, transposing, speed adjustment, and high-quality backing tracks are just some of the sound-defining features UG fans love.

Awesome community

Join over 30 million music lovers. Play each other's unofficial tabs, share videos with Shots, and riff all things music on the forums.

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Our story

It's 1998. You're in your bedroom playing guitar but can't find the tabs for your favorite Guns' N' Roses song. Do you quit and go back to the theory books? Not if you're Eugeny Naidenov. You feel inspired. You create your own tab and share it online, and it turns out that people love it and want more. Fast-forward 20+ years, and Ultimate Guitar has radically changed how millions of musicians learn to play. It's become a thriving, unstoppable force empowering musicians worldwide—where everyone's invited.

Awards and Reviews

Celebrity mentions

A huge thank you to Ultimate Guitar and all who voted for the Blackbird solo! What an immense honor to even be considered in this poll!

Mark

Mark Tremonti @MarkTremonti

Musician and singer-songwriter, best known as guitarist of the post-grunge band Creed.

You guys have a lot of metal [tabs]. You speak our language.

David

David Ellefson NAMM 2015 interview

Bassist and founding member of the thrash metal band Megadeth.

I have to take a minute to thank all you folks who sprang to my support in the Ultimate Guitar poll for 'Best Guitarist' and in the end propelled me to win the whole thing.

Brian

Brian May Brian's Soapbox 2015

Musician and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen.