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Guitar chords/tabs for Japanese music

By Shay on Feb 23rd, 2007     

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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  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!

  48. Se7Gee on September 3rd, 2008 at 5:16 am:

    Thank You so much! if u have korean guitar chord dont forget to give me >< Se7Gee@yahoo.com

  49. naseernzr on September 3rd, 2008 at 8:40 am:

    dear sir
    i am naseer nazeer
    i want learn guitar
    please sena me lossen

  50. chiyo on September 7th, 2008 at 8:18 am:

    hey, i can’t find berryz koubou or another H!P song..

  51. val on October 4th, 2008 at 12:05 am:

    thank you very much shay! you helped a lot! your a good mate for posting this info…… but 1 tiny itsy bitsy problem: I CAN’T READ JAPANESE!!!!!!!!! :’-C if there’s another way to read that thing please tell me I’m desperate! i’m an English-only-person. i found this awesome Japanese song and i really wanna play it like:

    I—————————————-this much———————————————I

    thanks mate!

  52. val on October 4th, 2008 at 12:12 am:

    never mind shay! i figured out how to read them thanks to youtube.com ;-)

  53. lethiferousLight on October 4th, 2008 at 6:17 am:

    plssss i need tabs for folk japanese music, specially for the song sakura

  54. lethiferousLight on October 4th, 2008 at 6:18 am:

    my email lethiferous_light@yahoo.com !!!!

  55. Jsung Cho on October 15th, 2008 at 1:11 pm:

    MC the max -Returns guitar tabs

  56. aibie on October 26th, 2008 at 11:31 pm:

    need some help for i wanna go to a place, rie fu, please give me it’s chords… onegaishimasu…

    arigatou ne…

  57. Danny on November 7th, 2008 at 5:41 pm:

    Hey I am looking for tabs/chords for Korean songs too
    Maybe the one for “Love me after 12 AM” by m-flo and Alex
    Please reply or email me
    Onetymkrndanny@yahoo.com

    Thanks

  58. Mark on November 12th, 2008 at 2:03 am:

    hey, great site, has lots of bands i really like. unfortunately, i was hoping to learnヒキコモリロリン　 by the Radwimps or 惑星 by Asian Kung-Fu Generation, as well as アフターダーク。any help would be appreciated, if any of those tabs are found, please e-mail to deadsetonliving@hotmail.com
    thanks!

  59. aritonang on November 14th, 2008 at 9:09 am:

    i’m looking for “yumekui” chords by otsuka ai..
    i really need the chords..
    please e-mail me..
    rie_sagara@yahoo.com

    thank you

  60. Hinata-senpai on November 29th, 2008 at 6:39 am:

    Ohayo Gosaimasu!
    I need help, i realy want to play “Ayaka-Why” tshis is song from FF Crisis Core i i can’t find it anywhere. I can read kana and some Kanji, but this wasn’t help me :’(
    Please write to me: nana@wmc.com.pl

  61. koko on December 2nd, 2008 at 8:54 pm:

    mayday… mayday…
    urgent need kaze ni yureru tomorrow by tube. chord and lyric, somebody help me!!! please e-mail me at
    kokovlopez@yahoo.com

  62. Shosai on December 12th, 2008 at 10:14 pm:

    Anybody can help me with those language T_T ! I can read it at all x_x
    I Looking for Jyukai and Round Table Guitar tabs anyone help me (^_^)
    Please E-mailo me at
    shosai_nihon@yahoo.com
    Thank’s !

  63. ronsterman on December 21st, 2008 at 7:50 am:

    hmmm i cant read japanese…does xxxsound.com have tabs for “why” by ayaka themesong of FF7CC…can u send me the link at rovinramos2003@yahoo.com
    help will surely be appreciated!!

  64. William T on December 23rd, 2008 at 12:18 pm:

    Looking for Grapevine tabs and cant read Kanji plz help if you can.

    email me! Blazekid@yahoo.com

  65. William T on December 23rd, 2008 at 12:19 pm:

    the email is Blazekid27@yahoo.com

  66. andrew on January 6th, 2009 at 10:21 pm:

    can anyone please tell me if they find a site with korean guitar tabs as well i really want them
    gamepro_0@yahoo.com

  67. Lu on January 20th, 2009 at 6:48 am:

    kinda looking for Taisetsu Na Mono by Road Of Major.
    couldn’t find them at XXX SOUND.
    If anyone do know where i can get.
    please reply. Thx

  68. chrizzz on January 26th, 2009 at 10:39 pm:

    would you help me please?
    i need the chord from FLOW – ryuusai.
    i’m from indonesia, and i’m kind of “japanese music freak’.
    btw, thanks for helping me out.

  69. windstar on February 19th, 2009 at 7:37 pm:

    Thanks for the link. It was the first entry in Google when I searched fujifabric guitar tabs. Sharing the links on the forums too btw.

  70. Shay on February 19th, 2009 at 8:38 pm:

    Hi windstar!! I’m happy to know Google led you to the right place ;) Thanks for sharing the links on the forums and I’ll stop by soon ^^

  71. blackcha0s on March 12th, 2009 at 6:28 pm:

    Hey can someone get me the tabs for “why” by Ayaka, of or if you can just get me tabs for the solo?

  72. Desuuuu on March 22nd, 2009 at 1:05 pm:

    Hi, I was wonder if any of you know what has happened to the site?

    It’s been down for a while now…

  73. HangyakuNoZero on April 1st, 2009 at 2:26 pm:

    Looking for Grapevine-Wants tab and cant read Kanji please help me if you can.
    E-mail me jc_zero@hotmail.com I´m from El Salvador

  74. anggy on April 7th, 2009 at 3:44 am:

    how study of japan music?
    Iam form INA

  75. amuk on April 13th, 2009 at 9:49 am:

    does anyone have chord for Only Human by K???please email me @ bandiamuk85@yahoo.com thanx..

  76. Pixel on April 16th, 2009 at 3:25 am:

    Does anyone have Depapepe’s start Chord?Please send it to
    henry_wing@hotmail.com

  77. Kaos92 on May 4th, 2009 at 8:09 pm:

    does anyone have the chords for
    Aoi Omoi by ACID?

    K40s.92@gmail.com

  78. heyhey on May 25th, 2009 at 11:01 am:

    it doesnt seem to workk for me…….???
    anyone knwow hyyY???

  79. Guitartistek on May 26th, 2009 at 6:39 am:

    I discovered this site a month ago, I came back on it yesterday and The site don’t work anymore !!! I’m very disapointed, I had found Chords I couldn’t anywhere else …
    Is somebody can help me ? suggest me another site or help me to make it work

    my mail is guitartistek@hotmail.fr

    Thank to those who will reply !!! ^^

  80. Oran9eLupH9uiTar on June 2nd, 2009 at 6:15 pm:

    I’m looking for chords of kokia-shiroi yuki and i catch a cold..

    plis if u know reply this comment..

    thx~
    o.0
    This my mail,,
    cry_zy92@yahoo.com

  81. surockz19 on June 6th, 2009 at 11:35 pm:

    Hey! Does anyone have guitar tabs/chords of the songs of the band, ACID? Some of their songs are featured in the anime series, Tokyo Majin. If you do, please kindly send them to in this email: katsuke_19@ymail.com

    Thank you!

  82. ponyong on June 20th, 2009 at 1:10 pm:

    bro can i request the ending themes of 1 litre of tears??
    i cant find it T_T

    only human by K..

    plz send me the tabs..sucket_13@yahoo.com tnxs advance

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