To download Ultimate Guitar tabs as a PDF without a subscription: copy the song's page, paste it into Fretlist, and print it or save it as a PDF. Printing and PDF are part of Fretlist's Free plan.
Download Ultimate Guitar tabs, step by step
First, make a free Fretlist account (skip this if you have one):
- Go to fretlist.com and click Get started free.
- Sign in with Google, or type your email, click Continue and enter the code Fretlist emails you.
- Click through the welcome screens: your name, what you play and how the app looks. Then you're on the Dashboard.
Then get the song from Ultimate Guitar:
- Open the song on ultimate-guitar.com and press ⌘A then ⌘C (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C on Windows) to copy the whole page.
- Back in Fretlist, click Paste a song here on the Dashboard and paste. Fretlist leaves the rest of the page out.
- Click Import, then Save. The title and artist come along.
Then print it or save it as a PDF:
- Open the ... menu and choose Print & Export (or press ⌘P / Ctrl+P).
- Click Save as PDF, or Print for paper.
One thing to check: Ultimate Guitar's capo menu doesn't come along when you copy the page. When the page has a capo, Fretlist tells you and highlights the Capo field, so you can pick the fret.
More detail, with screenshots, in the Ultimate Guitar import guide and the print and export guide.
Try it with a song you're learning: copy the page, click Paste a song here on the Dashboard, and paste. Start with Fretlist
Why not print from Ultimate Guitar?
On 12 November 2026, Print and Download PDF on a song's print page both opened a Choose your plan window: €39.99 a year after a 7-day trial, €29.99 as a welcome offer, or €9.99 a month. Closing it brought up a "Final chance" offer: €19.99 for the year. Those offers change, so yours may differ. Pro is a fair choice if you use its other features. If you only want the song on paper, you don't need it.
What's free in Fretlist
The Free plan holds 50 songs and 3 setlists, and Print & Export is part of it. A setlist prints too: the running order, or every song's chord sheet in one PDF.
Fretlist doesn't scrape Ultimate Guitar. You copy a page you already have open, for your own use.
Copy a song from Ultimate Guitar, paste it into Fretlist, and print it or save it as a PDF. Get started with Fretlist