Self-taught guitarist for many years (much to the chagrin of my dear neighbors), the web has been a great resource in my learning. Playing guitar is a fantastic way to relax (and a major asset for flirting). The cool thing about guitar, and I am living proof of this, is that you don't have to be very good at it to have fun. Just know a few chords and you can play along to many songs. All you need is a good website with all the guitar chords and lyrics to your favorite songs.
The good news is that on the web, everything you need is just a click away!
So here is a selection of websites that will allow you to find free guitar chords and lyrics for all the most popular songs.
1. Ultimate Guitar : the reference of the genre
It's hard not to start this list with Ultimate Guitare. It is without a doubt the reference in the field with a fairly gigantic song database (the site claims sheet music for more than 1 songs).
Ultimate Guitar has a huge community of guitarists who contribute their chords and tabs. Most of the time you will even have access to several different versions of your favorite songs.
The site has a super smart search engine that lets you find songs based on name or artist, which is pretty standard, but also based on chords you know. Clever!
What's also cool is that users can rate song versions with a score out of five, making it easy to quickly find which version is the best.
Finally, on the sheet music, the site has an auto-scroll option allowing you to scroll through the chords as you play.
2. Chordie : a pleasant interface
On Chordie, you can search by song name, artist, lyrics, or chords you want to play. The song database isn't as impressive as Ultimate Guitar's, but Chordie presents chords and lyrics in a super clean interface.
Chordie also relies on a friendly community of guitarists, who contribute by uploading sheet music and lyrics. The great thing about Chordie is that there is only one version of each song, so you don't have to work through five bad versions before you find the right one!
When you open a song on Chordie, the chords you need are displayed in the upper right corner.
You also get some handy little tools that let you change the font size, transpose to a different key, adjust chords based on your capo position, and automatically scroll as you play. The clean interface also includes a tablature section for important riffs.
3. Chordify : play to the music
Chordify is a bit different in concept as it focuses on learning by playing along with the music. This site has a pretty efficient interface with large chord diagrams that update as the song is played in real time.
Press the “Play” button to start and Chordify launches a YouTube video in the corner and begins playing. The interface then lets you follow the progress of the music by showing you the chord to play (along with its diagram) and the chords to come.
The interface is meant to be very clean and focused on the guitar. There are no lyrics… but at the same time, you're not really there for that 😉!
Chordify has a paid version with quite a few other options if you like this basic concept!
4. FranceTabs : for fans of French song
If you want to focus on French music, the aptly named FranceTabs is for you. The site mixes tablatures and chord charts of songs in French.
With a very classic design, you will be able to find a good number of French-speaking artists classified in alphabetical order or search by song.
The site also has a toolbox in French allowing you to complete your learning of the instrument. You will also find a very practical chord dictionary to get started!
For each song, you will find at the top of the piece the diagram of the chords to know as well as a YouTube video of the song.
5. E-Chords
The E-Chords homepage has quite a few things including video lessons and tutorials to help you progress.
Searching for songs or artists and all that is more classic, but the whole interest of this site lies in the pages of the songs on which you will discover a large number of tools.
It is thus possible to personalize the songs by choosing simplified chords (ideal for beginners), by changing the color of the chords, by adjusting the font size, but also by modifying the tone of the song.
If the chord diagrams are not originally displayed, you can hover your mouse over the chords to see them displayed. If you want to keep them on screen, just move the box and put it where you want.
Finally, the site has an option to scroll the screen as you play the song.
To your guitars
Now you have everything you need to practice guitar, learn, train... Test these different sites and take what is good to take from each of them...
Article updated on February 14, 2026 by Byothe
