Drag & Drop Chords Onto Your Lyrics
Drag and drop chords directly onto the lyrics you want the chord to float over, all within a fully customizable editor—fonts, colors, layout, your way.
Add riffs, solos, and full arrangements to your songs. Chordly's tab maker is fast, visual, and lives in your browser.
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Whether you're writing a solo, mapping out a riff, or building a full arrangement, the tab maker fits your workflow.
Click a cell, type a character, and Chordly moves to the next one automatically. Fret numbers, mute marks, slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs — just type them in.
Insert a tab block anywhere in your song. Chord sheet sections and tab sections live together in one file, so your arrangements stay complete.
Export your finished tab as a high-quality PDF directly from the editor. Tab sections and chord sections download in the same file, laid out exactly as you built them.
Click the + Tabs button in the editor toolbar to insert a tab block. Once the block is in the document, click it to enter edit mode, then click any cell and start typing. Chordly automatically moves to the next cell as you type, so you can move through the tab quickly using just your keyboard.
Chordly is designed for speed. You type fret numbers, mute marks (x), and technique characters like slides (/), hammer-ons (h), pull-offs (p), and bends (b) directly into the tab cells. No separate buttons or menus — just type the character you want.
Yes. Chordly lets you mix tab blocks and chord sheet sections in the same document. Insert a tab block wherever it belongs in the arrangement, alongside your lyrics and chords.
Yes. Creating guitar tabs in Chordly is free. Open Chordly in your browser and start building your first tab.
Yes. The editor has a download button that exports your song to PDF. Tab sections and chord sheet sections are both included in the same PDF file, laid out the way you built them.
Guitar tabs show which frets to press on which strings using a six-string staff notation. Chord sheets show chord names placed above lyrics, indicating when to change chords. Chordly supports both in the same document.
A quick walkthrough of how to build guitar tabs in Chordly — from inserting a tab block to exporting a finished PDF.
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