# How to download Ultimate Guitar tabs as a PDF, without a subscription

> Ultimate Guitar asks for a subscription before you can print or download a PDF. Here's how to download Ultimate Guitar tabs as a PDF on Fretlist's Free plan.

Source: https://fretlist.com/blog/download-ultimate-guitar-tabs-pdf

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):

1. Go to [fretlist.com](https://fretlist.com/) and click **Get started free**.
2. Sign in with Google, or type your email, click **Continue** and enter the code Fretlist emails you.
3. 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:**

1. **Open the song** on ultimate-guitar.com and press ⌘A then ⌘C (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C on Windows) to copy the whole page.
2. **Back in Fretlist, click Paste a song here** on the Dashboard and paste. Fretlist leaves the rest of the page out.
3. **Click Import**, then **Save**. The title and artist come along.

**Then print it or save it as a PDF:**

1. **Open the ... menu and choose Print & Export** (or press ⌘P / Ctrl+P).
2. **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](https://fretlist.com/docs/import-from-ultimate-guitar.md) and the [print and export guide](https://fretlist.com/docs/print-and-export.md).

> Try it with a song you're learning: copy the page, click **Paste a song here** on the Dashboard, and paste. [Start with Fretlist](https://fretlist.com/)

## 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](https://fretlist.com/)