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I know a guy who's a good musician, he could learn guitar really fast if he wanted to.  But he spends all his time playing games, not only Guitar Hero and Rock Band.  Those games are cool, and do introduce you to some new music-I had never heard of Eric Johnson until GH3 (or Dragonforce, for that matter).  But this kid chooses to become ridiclous at a game, when if he put that much effort and time into a real guitar, he'd be decent by now.  You really don't appreciate the music until you try to play it for yourself.

John Denver and Graham Nash

I played a horrible guitar. . .sounded awful even when it was in tune-a Peavey Raptor thing.  I'm not sure which model Raptor, but it must have been a cheap one.  A very good cheap guitar I played was a Fender Starcaster.  Sounded nice and played nice.  However, even when comparing my Danelectro to my uncle's Gibson LP Standard, you can tell why the Gibsons cost what they do.  I will say, though, that my Dano is about a $300 guitar, and it sounds awesome.

Sorry I don't have a tab for you, but I remember out of a tab book I used to have how it starts.  First, you tune down a whole step (DGCFAD).  Then it starts out with a Fsus (Gsus shape), and then Esus (F#sus shape), and then I don't know from there.  Maybe you can figure the rest out.  Good luck!
D       3   3   3   3            2   2    2   2
A       3   3   3   3    x2    2   2    2   2   x2
F        0  0   0   0            0   0    0   0
C
G
D 3                         2

Revolution is sweet. . .one of the few Beatles tunes that has a hard rock sound to it.  This isn't necessarily my favorite song of theirs, but then again how do you choose just one?

Does anyone use these things?

You know what's funny is that I used to think Thunderstruck was crazy fast, but it's pretty easy to play after you learn hammer ons and pull offs, although sometimes I actually pick the notes to get a better sound.  If you want to see some crazy speed playing, check out Eric Johnson Cliffs of Dover live on youtube, or Herman Li and Sam Totman on Through the Fire and the Flames, or pretty much anything by Yngwie Malmsteen.

Probably any cover Clapton did

Classical Gas wasn't written by Clapton, but Mason Williams
Leaving on a Jet Plane wasn't by John Denver, I'm not sure who wrote it

Speaking of Chuck Berry, No Particular Place To Go-"Ridin around in my automobile. . ."

Tube amps are nice if you are really concerned with your tone and if you can afford one, but amps like the Line 6 Spider III series can get you a ton of sounds, including those of tube amps, for a lot less money.  If you don't care about mimicking certain sounds, then a tube amp probably will get you a better tone.  Also, I might add that for $400 you can get a sweet solid state amp with tons of effects and power for a lot less cash than a tube amp with no effects and less power.