To tab a chord the notes would be placed in a vertical line upon the horizontal ones. This diagram represents a C Chord. You would strum the bottom 5 strings of the guitar in one motion if you were to read this tab properly.
e--0----------------------------B--1----------------------------G--0----------------------------D--2----------------------------A--3----------------------------E-------------------------------
And this one you would strum the ‘C Chord’ three times.
e--0--0--0---------------------B--1--1--1---------------------G--0--0--0---------------------D--2--2--2---------------------A--3--3--3---------------------E-------------------------------
The one shortcoming of guitar tab is it doesn’t usually represent how long to hold a note for, or rhythm very well. Although some good tab writers will represent it by how much space is between each note. Tab works best if you listen to the song for guidance on timing then read the notes and practice it. Here for example is the timing of ‘Day Tripper’ by the Beatles, note the distances between the numbers, the first ’0′ would ring slightly longer then the next 4 notes and the distance between D2 and D0 would also indicate a break in timing:
e-----------------------------B-----------------------------G-----------------------------D-----------2---0---4---0-2-A---------2-------2---2------E-0---3-4--------------------
