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reddevil, as I wrote go to the site I advised, it is at first a little bit complicated, but you will see that everybody here is 100% correct.
Some chords are better, I mean easier if you play them in different "style".
See Jerome: he gives you exactly the same chords, but the finger positions are different.
So you have to figure out what position suits you the best.
Jerome's chords are easier to change faster than my chords, but I call this more a skill. Try the different ways for your chords in barre, and than you can make conclusions.
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GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: BARRE IS NOT A BAR in RE

Altex, again my deep respect and admiration. I don't care about your "play"level, I care about the fact that, well, you did it.
BUT nosy as I am, what guitar brand you use? How long do you play, the longer the better, but playing for an audience: a kick!!!
You wrote something about other buskers, so what did people passing there? Did they stay long enough to listen? Don't worry, I've been almost everywhere, and I saw buskers in almost every big city. Sometimes the police removed them, that's why I asked that question. Did you play acoustic? electric? I have seen older buskers, playing real bad (but probably thinking they were Clapton) and young players, who were real talented.
Please keep me informed. I just bought in a music store a BOSS BR 600, but I still don't have a clue how it works. My intention was to record own songs, and put them on myspace, because you can hear very good songs, and I don't have a video camera, so I hope I can tell you soon: I HAVE A SONG ON MYSPACE.
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GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE ON MYSPACE

SGinCYQX, fellow chordian: this is one of the reasons why it matters, we have now a list of famous, guitar players but this word (famous) is not the right word.
I prefer "famous in what they play.)
But just like you, I am a huge fan of Peter Green, I have almost every single song of Mark Knopfler, and I adore BB King. ATTENTION: if you listen to JJ CALE, you hear Mark Knopfler.
BB inspired a lot of people to play the guitar. How old he might be, (born in 1925) and still active as guitar player. I wish I was like that man. SGinCYQX (where did you get this nick name?) and all chordians: he was voted as the 3th best guitar player in the world, by Rolling Stone magazine:
1/ Jimi Hendrix
2/ Duane Allman and followed by
4) Eric Clapton
5) Robert Johnson
6) Chuck Berry.
You can find this information : google: BB King: Wikipedia.
What kind of guitar you have and what style do you play? I think you are a blues man.
I looked where you live, and this was always one of my dreams: living in Canada.
I really should appreciate if you mail me about New Foundland, and what is needed to move to Canada.

Well Boot, that's almost exactly what I expected.
I just put chords I can play. But almost all types of chords I wrote down, I can play. Most of them "flawless", others, like even the F-chord, are more difficult. More, I play maybe twice the number of chords I mentionned, because I use, more in acoustic, chords I didn't know what it was.
Like Aadd6, played in the Fleetwood Mac song: "man of the world", it is = to A, but you take alsop the thin E-string. And probably, I will really count the chords I play without problems.
QUESTION: HOW DO YOU PLAY A SPECIAL CHORD because some chords, even transposed are almost not to play ( I don't have long fingers: ANOTHER REASON WHY HENDRIX could play difficult chords, because he had real long fingers.) Do you know PAGANINI, a man who played and composed on a violin: even today there are pieces written by Paganini, using finger settings in such a way, that can not be played. Here it was due to a rare disease, you can see it probably on the web, and the name of the disease was: SYNDROME OF MARFAN, a lack of a protein. It is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue characterized by disproportionately long limbs, long thin fingers, a relatively tall stature, and a predisposition to cardiovascular abnormalities, specifically those affecting the heart valves and aorta. Just because of the XXXL size fingers and being a musician, I heard or read somewhere that they could almost take an "octave".
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GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: IT IS NOT EASY TO HAVE LONG FINGERS USED IN A STORE

Hello markdrago
What kind of music is "boring" you.
What is, in your eyes the level you have playing guitar, includes: music school, guitar lessons? Or did you play, better started to play as I did: teaching yourself to play? I play now for about 30 years
and I did it all by myself. As you can see in my nickname: gitaar (=guitar) doc (Medical Doctor) and Phil= the first part of my name. Because of my job, it was really difficult for me to have time to learn. I was blessed because due to circumstances, I was able to have a real nice collection, I play AND collect. What is your music style? Also, what kind of guitar(s) you have: acoustic? electric?
Very important is always "learn how to play" and doing this in such a way that you don't get bored. I recognise a lot of myself in your topic, "getting bored" in my case because I wanted to play so badly and it was always today. Here are a lot of good songs, I really think that you can find some interesting songs. But again "what is your kind of music, what kind of guitar do you have, and don't give it up.
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GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: TAKE IT EASY: TO IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS

ALTEX, my chordian friend. Did you see the T-shirts, if you wear both our "chordian" T-shirt, they will even spot you more. AND ONE IMPORTANT THING I SHOULD DO: selling at the same time T-shirts. But that's one for ROGER.
Well, what can I say: super. You need "stress" and you have a victory by playing in public.
I think a lot of us like to do this, even I do.
Sooner or later, my "guitar friend" are going to France, over Germany, the mountains to end in STRAATSBURG with 2 guitars , and there is a reality that we start playing just on a rest stop, or probably at a lake there. Nothing is confirmed yet. MY "BIGGES3 problem was and maybe is" still a fear that people hate what we do. On the other hand, thanks to my car crash and the fact that I don't work (last news was very bad and hard), made me stronger, more assertive, and I have learned to say (finally) NO. Thanks to my disability, the pain, I am stronger.
So I wanted to know if there were problems with a police officer? CONTINUE to play. Your 76$ will raise, the more you and your friend learn.
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GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS YOU SHOUL BE JEALOUS HERE, THEY DO WHAT WE WANT.

I had once an ovation, from the line, better the models coming out once a year since maybe 20 years. The model I had, had a headstock for "electric" and "acoustic" strings. THE BIGGEST problem was, problems with the electronics. After 4 times of bringing her in, she played electro-acoustic again for maybe 2 days, with the money I spend there to repair the guitar, I could buy an APPLAUSE.
It was a bad guitar probably made on a Monday, but I could change this one for a Martin D-15

Nadine2, did you disappear? I missed you and glad to C U back, I mailed you 20 weeks ago, but there was a problem Daemon Failure.
What you write is SO true. There are a few thousand chords, BUT I think that a lot of them are more common playing piano. Never expected to get an answer on this topic, because you have to try to play in front of your PC, or looking for chords, = BRAIN GYMNASTICS, whatever you claim, YOU NEED TO THINK, just take chords you knew but lost.
Daddycool: I didn't count them either, and I swear, it took me hours. But the only way out this CHORD WOOD, "one finger on another place gives a complete different sound. E versus Em, same root, you just remove 1 finger from E : there you go. That's what I like about Zurf how he describes "the essence", but I should add the chords you see on top of my topic, even than there is a difficulty: Cm, Gm, no problem in barré. Since almost every CHORDIAN can play "Hotel California" I add the fact that this is in fact more complicated, because of F# and Bm.
To come back on your answer Nadine, I can play probably a lot more chords without knowing it, but I gave it up to count them. Most used chords are still (I try to rank them in: easy and a lot used chords first. E   C   D   G   A   F(is more difficult) followed by Em  Am  A7  B7  C7  D7.)
Practise more the ones not written here.
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GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: BIGGEST PROBLEM IS MY SPINAL CHORD, it is a CURSE, BUT I LIVE.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS  SGinCYQX, that's the kind of guitar I am referring, amongst others.
As you have noticed, I am a fanatic topic writer.
One of my topics is going about CHEAP to MORE EXPENSIVE, in fact, a guitar for every wallet. I am busy surfing a lot of hours to "try to contribute" some interesting information. I have the time, since I had to stop working as MD, due to an accident. I hope that some of my topics are helpful, like my topic, as told, concerning $$$ for ELECTRIC and the same for ACOUSTIC guitars.
Do you know, if you want to have the "real thing" a GIBSON SG (some, maybe a lot are "kicking" on a brand, like GIBSON or FENDER), while and this is for BOOTLEGER, there are probably better guitars. About the GIBSON SG, no options, no lacquer finish, just wood and humbuckers, well I just saw a price: brandnew on www.musiciansfriend.com for 579.99$
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GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: BEWARE OF THE ATTACK OF THE CLONES