Guitar chords/tabs for Japanese music

By Shay • Feb 23rd, 2007 • Category: Japan, More, internet, music     

Having trouble finding the guitar chords or tabs for some of your favorite Japanese songs? I know I did…until I found XXX SOUND, a Japanese guitar chord/tab site.

It’s been one of my favorite secrets until now, so I’ll share it if you don’t already know of it. XXX SOUND is a Japanese site that offers 100% free chord transcriptions as well as some tabulature. Most of the songs transcribed on the site are by Japanese artists but they also have Western artists’ works as well. The former has me most excited obviously.

It seems that XXX SOUND features pretty much any modern mainstream or fairly popular Japanese music act I can think of. It’s great. The site’s operators even take requests for new transcriptions. XXX SOUND ranks the most seeked-after artists each week. This week (Feb. 17-24) has ELLEGARDEN, Mr. Children, スピッツ (Spitz), RADWIMPS, and BUMP OF CHICKEN at the top of the charts.

I usually am most interested in actual tabs or sheet music but since stumbling on to XXX SOUND, I have discovered the benefits of chord listings. Even if a song doesn’t use actual chord progression, this denotation allows the guitarist (you) to best perfom the song solo. It makes things sound more complete. Plus, if you’re like me and all you have is an acoustic guitar handy (I have electrics, just not with me), you can see the obvious benefit.

XXX SOUND has already helped me learn to play songs by Quruli, ACIDMAN, and most of all RADWIMPS. I hope to play more tracks by others artists soon too. So go ahead, check the site out, learn some chords, and let’s jam!

XXX SOUND link

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47 Responses »

  1. Ben on February 24th, 2007 at 11:44 am:

    Wow. Thanks so much shay. I’ve been searching around for j-tabs/chords and other music too. I usually go to mysongbook.com (or guitaryou.com - which i’m not too sure what they’re doing over there). Though I prefer guitarpro formats, but still, this site is cool. Thanks dude.

  2. Shay on February 24th, 2007 at 1:23 pm:

    I’m glad I can help. I’m sure you’ll find some good stuff to play. ^_^ you’re very welcome.

  3. ellenet on February 26th, 2007 at 9:59 am:

    ellegarden ե󥵥ȡellegardenκǿ

    ELLEGARDENϥǥǶΥХɡˤȤʤǥȥ쥤ʱѸǥ饤֤ǹ˳ڤ㤷

  4. KiRei Boi on March 20th, 2007 at 11:39 pm:

    Cool…Now I Can Enjoy Playing Ellegarden Songs With Ease…ThankS

  5. Katepetch on April 9th, 2007 at 9:42 am:

    Shiki chords

  6. emptydb on May 8th, 2007 at 10:13 pm:

    need help with bump of chicken lyrics and chords most specially sharin no uta and ginga tetsuduo, pls.
    e-mail me: emptydb@lycos.com or just visit me account on http://emptydb.imeem.com Thank You very much!!!

  7. yuu on June 4th, 2007 at 12:22 am:

    i need help with Bump of Chicken tablature specially Planetarium…
    e-mail me pls…
    yuto_t69@yahoo.com

    tq..tq..tq..tq

  8. websephiroth on June 11th, 2007 at 10:56 pm:

    Does anybody know where I can get tabs on some of Dacco’s songs? Please help me!!!!

  9. Jermaine on July 27th, 2007 at 4:58 am:

    uhm,, who knows “kaze no uta” by YuU?

    its the themesong for “windy tales’

    do you have chords for it?

    tnx for those who reply to this..

  10. Gbound on September 3rd, 2007 at 8:03 am:

    doees anyone knows “shirushi” guitar tabs from mr.children???

  11. Shay on September 3rd, 2007 at 1:43 pm:

    Hey Gbound! The chords for “Shirushi” are here: http://www.xxxsound.jp/main/song.2065.html

  12. Maxum on September 26th, 2007 at 7:52 am:

    Can you help me??? I am looking for ellegarden”monster” guitar pro tablature… pliz pliz

  13. Maxum on September 28th, 2007 at 1:03 am:

    does anyone knows “monster” guitar pro tabs from ellegarden???

  14. Shay on September 28th, 2007 at 1:18 am:

    Hi Maxum, I don’t know of any Guitar Pro tabs for “Monster”. Sorry man. But XXXSound has some tabs and chords for “Monster”

  15. Mercurius on November 2nd, 2007 at 12:36 pm:

    Thank you! I’ve been looking for a site like this for a long time.

  16. sage on November 4th, 2007 at 2:12 am:

    hi.. may i know how to get the chords or tabs from the web? it’s all in japanese..

  17. Ayuri on November 4th, 2007 at 11:12 am:

    Does anyone know the chords for “Yume no kakera” from Ayaka?? Please tell me cause I really need it!

    Thanks!!! :D!!

  18. kenny on November 24th, 2007 at 4:01 am:

    freak out~~this site is really fantastic~~

  19. lenscape on November 24th, 2007 at 11:38 pm:

    thx a lot!! this is really helpful

  20. Kaoru on January 4th, 2008 at 2:37 am:

    I’m not really sure how you’re supposed to read these chords or whatever, anyone mind telling me?

  21. sewerside on January 15th, 2008 at 12:25 pm:

    hey, is there anymore website with guitar tabs for japanese indie bands? i’m looking for sparta locals, fuji fabric, acidman and 9mm parabellum bullet. pls help me out.. and email me too

  22. min on January 28th, 2008 at 7:01 pm:

    hey is there like korean music tabs?
    xxxmusic.jp is great
    but im looking up musics/tabs such as
    m.c. the max
    buzz
    dbsk
    se7en
    f.t. island
    etc
    thanks

  23. martxiii on February 4th, 2008 at 3:55 am:

    Hi! Does anyone knows “suteki na shiawase” from the stand up (ending theme of kyou kara maou)……. I need help!!!!!!!!!

  24. justme on February 6th, 2008 at 5:54 pm:

    Hiya! I dont really know how to read japanese so If anyone knows if they have tokyo jihen and shiina ringo tabs on XXX Sound and can locate them plz hit me with a link!!

  25. Shay on February 6th, 2008 at 6:10 pm:

    Hi and thanks for asking. Here is Shiina Ringo and Tokyo Jihen. The tites/lyrics are in Japanese but hopefully you can figure it out. Good luck ^-^

  26. More guitar chords for Japanese music! - SparkPlugged - Asian Music Culturetainment & More on February 7th, 2008 at 12:09 am:

    [...] while back I showed you XXX SOUND, a guitar chord and tab site for Japanese music. Well, here’s another rockin’ Japanese [...]

  27. Eric on February 11th, 2008 at 2:43 pm:

    Hey I’m trying to learn the introduction to Acidman but I can’t find a tab for the arpegios anywhere… can anyone put up a link for them?

  28. Crimson on February 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 pm:

    hey broham awsome site but i cant seem to find the artist “TOKYO JIHEN” can i get a lil help there shay?

  29. Crimson on February 22nd, 2008 at 8:31 pm:

    lol my bad i didn’t notice u had already posted that thanx again

  30. Shay on February 22nd, 2008 at 8:44 pm:

    Hey & no prob. Good luck rocking out with some Tokyo Jihen :)

  31. Camilaxus on March 1st, 2008 at 11:33 pm:

    Thanks! I was looking for Mr.Children chords *-*!

  32. Shay on March 2nd, 2008 at 12:30 am:

    no problem, there’s sooo many Mr. Children songs on there :)

  33. Atticus on March 3rd, 2008 at 2:08 am:

    That’s no band which i want. The band i listened to is Round Table and Under 17. Round Table comes from the opening song of ‘Chobits’ and Under 17 comes from the opening song of ‘Dears’. Can any1 help me pls

  34. ClerÜ on March 19th, 2008 at 6:37 pm:

    i need the chords for “i wanna go to a place” by rie fu pls!!!!! im begging ya’ll…

  35. cass on March 30th, 2008 at 12:29 am:

    can any body tell me where to get guitar tabs for korean songs????thanks…
    jz email me the websites,k…..
    heartless_heart@yahoo.com

  36. Kurinaai on March 30th, 2008 at 6:34 am:

    Hey, i’m looking for Rie Fu’s ‘I Wanna Go To A Place’ guitar chords/tabs too, can anyone pls link a URL for it or email it to me if you have it or know where to find it…

  37. Renndw on April 7th, 2008 at 3:46 am:

    hello friends out there..
    is there any one has the chords for Only Human, the OST of 1 Litre of Tears
    would you mind letting know where i could find it???
    reply me back at renndw@yahoo.co.uk

  38. Vinhy Van Le on April 15th, 2008 at 8:47 pm:

    Dear Friends,

    I was wondering other than chords, is there tabs that shows how to play songs like TSUBOMI by KObukuro?

    VINH - Appreciate it :)

  39. aerith on June 8th, 2008 at 10:27 pm:

    where can i find the guitar tabs for the song Why by Ayaka that was featured in Final Fantasy Crisis Core?

    Thanks

  40. EJ on June 10th, 2008 at 6:28 am:

    …aww i they dont have BBB songs….o well time to request!

  41. meliza on June 22nd, 2008 at 7:11 pm:

    WOW thank you for sharing this wonderful secret page! I’ve been looking for chords to some japanese songs FOREVER and can NOT find them on english pages! but here they all are! thank you, thank you, thank you!

  42. Se7Gee on July 3rd, 2008 at 7:50 am:

    hey… who can give me chords for korean song like
    dbsk
    se7en
    f.t. island
    thx.. Se7Gee@yahoo.com

  43. gretta89 on July 23rd, 2008 at 7:04 am:

    Dear,

    This might be stupid, but i just cant read kanji. Even if i could read them i still dont understand what was written there. Do you guys know if there an option for English so that i could a bit more understand where should i go to find the chords. ^^

    Ah ya… i am searching for Only Human and 9 march OST 1 litre of tears.
    If anyone knows it or the link where i could find them, please email me : sendto_gretta@hotmail.com

    Thanks before!!

    Gretta

  44. sangprabo on July 25th, 2008 at 8:00 pm:

    Thanks!

  45. max devil on August 4th, 2008 at 1:05 am:

    i’m finding the guitar chord or tab for the theme song from ‘operation love’.
    do u think u can help me?

  46. khai on August 13th, 2008 at 2:07 am:

    sum1 can giv me a guitar or piano tabs for only human “K”?
    I wanna play it so badly..huhuhu…
    pls send to my email

    intericad_delon@yahoo.com
    Thanks a lot.. ^^

  47. sphincterscum on August 24th, 2008 at 4:01 am:

    Holy sh*t batman! I was scouring the web for Shiina Ringo tabs. Then I found this post!! Thanks for sharing Shay! I finally found notations for ‘Yattsuke Shigoto’!! Woohooo!

    Oh, a small tip for those with translation issues. Use Yahoo’s “Babel Fish”. Google it! Awesome website! Thanks again!

    Peace!

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