Blank guitar tab paper
Blank tablature staves with bar lines at each end. Six strings by default; switch to four for bass or ukulele, or five and seven for extended-range instruments.
Opens with these settings already loaded. Change anything you like, then download as PDF, PNG or SVG.
How tab is read
Each line is a string, and the number written on it is the fret. Unlike standard notation the lines are not pitches, so the top line is the thinnest string — which is the opposite of how most people first assume it works. Tab tells you where to put your fingers but not how long to hold them, which is why it is often written under a rhythm staff.
String spacing and handwriting
Three millimetres between strings is comfortable for writing two-digit fret numbers by hand. If you are transcribing anything above the twelfth fret, or your handwriting is large, open it to four. Narrower than 2.5 mm and double-digit numbers start colliding with neighbouring strings.
Bass, ukulele and extended range
Four-string bass, ukulele, five-string bass, and seven- and eight-string guitars all use the same tab convention with more or fewer lines. Set the string count before downloading. Ukulele and bass both take four lines, though bass benefits from wider spacing because bass tab involves more position shifts and therefore higher fret numbers; ukulele rarely goes above the fifth fret and can sit tighter.
Printing it accurately
This only measures correctly if your printer doesn't rescale the page. In the print dialog set Scale: 100% — not "Fit to page" or "Shrink oversized pages". If you're not sure it worked, print the calibration page, measure the ruler on it with a real ruler, and it will tell you exactly what your printer is doing to the page.