I wanted to learn chord melody, but found it hard and nearly all the books are aimed at Jazz guitar. I found a magazine (here in France) with arrangements of rock songs using chords and little melodic runs to link them up. It adds fun and challenge but is a little easier than chord melody. This could be an alternative, or a step towards, chord melody playing.

By the way, can you suggest some “easy” books to get started with chord melody? Or books that don’t require lots of jazz chords?

Thanks for the nice ideas.
Gary