newbie stuck!

Thanks, Sin City Sid! I am! It's just the C in the verse of the song; it's such a fast chord!

Hi amber,
I'm at the same point as you in taking up the guitar. Strumming is definately a challange. The first song I learned was "Margaritaville". I was lucky a friend taught me the strumming on that. Check out the beginner songs on guitarnoise.com. there are a bunch there. I found "Horse with no Name" easy, and he includes mp3 files that teach you the strum pattern. I'm working on "gimmie some water" now.