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Good call Beamer. Justin and Marty cross over, as do Marty and Papastache. I guess Marty must be a fun guy to hang out with.

Bill - Any of the scales lessons from the guys I call the "Big Three" for guitar lessons on Youtube; Erich Andreas aka Yourguitarsage,  Justin Sanderco aka justinguitar, or Marty Schwartz aka Guitarjamz.  Just type in "Guitar scale lessons" into Youtube and watch anything from any of those three.  They each have different styles of teaching, so you get your pick. 

Good luck.  Welcome to the forums. 

- Zurf

Werewolves of London
Country Roads
Yesterday
Sweet Home Chicago
Anything from Neil Diamond (I'm working on Cherry Cherry for this very reason)
Sundown (also on the 'learn it' list for me)
Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Volcano
If I Had a Million Dollars

Edit to add...
Dance Dance Dance
Jet Airliner
Magic Carpet Ride
Pink Houses
Jack and Diane

You might be Uncle Joe.  I'll take a look. 

I had a nice experience at one campground in Southern Virginia.  This young gal who had been riding her bike around all week, and had played some games of tag and hide & seek with my youngest came around to see if she were available to play some more.  Well about then I was picking by the fire.  She said, "My Daddy and brother play too," so I told her to let them know they were welcome at our campfire, but they'd have to bring their own chairs.  About ten minutes later, there's Momma, Daddy, and brother Tate.  Tate was on the spectrum, blind, and carrying a mandolin.  Daddy was carrying a beat up old guitar. 

Well we played and played, and we had a wonderful time.  Tate tore it up on the guitar.  He tore it up on the mandolin.  He could sing.  He'd do fills on any song I strummed, whether or not he had ever heard it before.  That was one talented kid.  I left them with Alvin's "Remember the Nail," which they thought was beautiful, and the next day as they were packing up, I heard Tate singing "Don't remember the picture. Remember the nail," busting out of their camper.  Heard it one time, but his Momma liked it so he remembered it. 

Other times a fellow said he had his fiddle but wasn't sure he could play in front of others.  I told him to get his fiddle and play with his back to us.  Down in Arkansas, there was a good picker who practiced scales and licks all day long, but wouldn't come to the campfire.

Good advice anyway.

The best exercise is to play barre chords on your guitar.  Very, very slowly if you need to to get a good clean sound.  It will take a while.  Then it will take less time.  And eventually you'll be playing them so fast that no one will notice that you're getting muffled notes. 

There are a bunch of videos on Youtube with hints about barre chords.  I'd suggest watching a few of them and take the bits that make sense to you given your hand, your guitar, and your interests.  Then practice, practice, practice. 

For what it's worth, everyone who has ever played guitar has had trouble with barre chords.  Even Russell.  Until they practiced enough to learn how to do them.

Good luck with the next one Bill.

He could also put a clamp that hangs off his baseball hat brim and his phone would look as big as a movie screen while he plays.  It could be distracting.  You know, maybe.

I think the best approach is when someone else buys the guitar and then gives it to you.  That makes it good.

The truck? Yeah. Pretty amazing.

I THOUGHT that I didn't like Fender guitars, but I love my Guild.  And it turns out that Fender owned Guild when it was built.  So I guess I love Fender guitars. 

Mahogany is sweet, dude.  I just love the sound.  I've got two acoustics with mahogany bodies and a solid body bass with a humongous mahogany body that has sustain as long as you could want it to have.  I used to hit a note, walk down the block for a cup of coffee, take a short break on a park bench, and get back to the practice just in time to hit the next note. 

Have a good one.  Enjoy the guitar.  Enjoy the challenge of new songs on it.  And give a big ol' smooch to SWMBO to thank her for letting you work it out.

Welcome Daryl. Scott's a good guy, and a friend of mine in real life too. He's a good example in his never ending enthusiasm and his persistence. Plus, he writes some cool songs even if I can't make heads or tails of his chords even when he teaches me.

Have fun, keep learning, ask questions, share, and keep on rocking.

Oh, and  check out Marty Schwartz on GuitarJamz videos on YouTube. He's always giving away good hints for rocking.