If you are in the US, copyright is implicit upon authorship.  There isn't anything you need to do except write it down and you have copyright protection.

Some simple rules to help guide you.

-I chord can change to any chord
-II chord can change to any chord except the I chord
-III chord can change to any chord except the I or the VII chords
-IV chord can change to any chord
-V chord can change to any chord except the II chord or the VII chord
-VI chord can change to any chord except the I or the VII chords
-VII chord can change to any chord except the II or IV

Anything Creed did.  Oasis isn't even in the same league of suck as those dudes.

I've been to literally thousands of shows in venues ranging from massive stadums to tiny little taverns.  I've come to the conclusion that the venue plays a huge part in any show.

Couple stand out though.

Any show at Iguana's in TJ is awesome.  Saw Janes Addiction there and Social Distorition.

Steve Earle at the Moore theater, as well as Bella Fleck.  I've seen Bella half a dozen times, though.  Other than Telluride, that was the best one.

Any show at the Gorge at George.  Except for Santan, who has kind of a "small venue" feel and didn't really fill it up.  Lenny Kravitz there was awesome, as was Rage Against the Machine.

Any show at Dimitreo's Jazz Alley in Seattle - Awesome food.  Bill Frizell there was fantastic.  Maynard Fergeson, not so much.

I'll see Wiley and the Wild West anywhere, at any time.

I love live sets.

New strings always sound good.  I wouldn't spend a whole lot on a set of strings.  Buy them in bulk, and change them frequently.

Having said that, the primary driver of tone for a guitar is the guitar itself.  No strings are going to make a beater sound like a masterpiece.  Put new strings on it, and if that doesn't improve things, go get a new instrument.

The solo from Folsom Prison Blues.

It's a great song, and readily recognizable.

It's a three chord song.  It's deceptively easy to play, until you start to sing.  The rhythm of the lyrics is syncopated against the rhythm of the guitar, and it makes it one of those simple songs you really have to focus on to play well.

Some people call me the space cowboy.....

I buried my father today.

After a while the transitions for most three and four chord ditties will become natural.  You'll know when to transition even if you've never heard the song before.

Several reasons.

1.  Sailboats have very high gunwales, making them very difficult to re-board from the water, even in calm seas.

2.  As a result of 1, the way you reboard is remove your kit in the water, tie it off, and climb up the little aluminum ladders, then haul your gear on board.

3.  High winds == high seas.  This means that the sail boat will be rising and falling with those high seas.  So one moment, that ladder will be four feet over your head, and the next it will be slamming down so you can step onto it, and ride it up high like a rodeo horse, assuming you don't get crushed by it first.

4. Because your gear is tied off, you now have to fight the high seas and winds to get it back on board.

5. If you don't do a good job tying it off, you might find your brand new scuba rig floating down wind.

Sail boats make crappy dive boats in general.  It crappy conditions, they can be downright dangerous to dive from.

There ain't enough space on the intertubes...

My biography is going to be titled "Hey, Watch This...   Things Seen While Holding Jerome's Beer."

Jameson's is actually cheaper here in the states than it is in Ireland.   My sweet Irish thing picks up a bottle for her dad while she's here.

Makes no sense.