[Iceman]

Originally Posted by Jim Bon Jovi

i wouldn't start with the "fiddly" parts of songs 1st no matter how much you want to play that intro riff to wanted or play the solo to prayer.

I say play what you want to play. It's much more satisfying to learn the stuff you want than the stuff you don't want. If you want to learn solos, start with them.

learn all the major and minor chords and start playing the chords to the songs.

Basically all you need to know is the barré -shapes. Open chords will come.

i'd learn some theory too. i knew a shitload of theory in high school because of music classes and to be honest now i couldn't name you the notes in a D major scale without some serious effort

Theory is nice to know, but you don't really need it. If you're "a reader", reading theory might help, but otherwise you'll learn as you go along.

If you play Say it Isn't So chords-wise, in the original key it has about 17-19.

G5
D5
C5
Dadd11
Cadd9
G
D
C
Am
C/E
D/F#
E5
Am/G
Cm
Em
Em7
Em6
G/C

Bullshit. Say It Isn't So has about 5 chords on guitar, G, Em, C, D and Am. THe chords you listed are from a piano conversion that tries to incorporate all the instruments into one. For example, the guitar never plays D/F#. It's a D-major on guitar and F# on the bass.

Don't make it sound harder than it is.

Guitar playing can be easy and fun when you don't listen to people who want to make it hard. You don't need to learn the "jazz" chords like F7#9 unless you play jazz. For anything else you'll get by with the basic chords.

Ice