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Hey!

E -
B 2
G -
D -
A -
E -

Means pick the "B" whilst held on the Second fret. Whether you hold an "A Chord" (I say A because that string would be held down), or whether you simply press down the string with your second finger is entirely up to you, as you are only picking the one string. So on and so forth for tab...

--2--
--3--
--2--
--0--
--X (Most likely to simply be left blank as an ---)
--X (Most likely to simply be left blank as an ---)

Is a Simple D Chord, where you strum the appropriate chords. When there is a 0 it usually means its played open. So if you see

2
3
2
0
0
0

It would be holding down D, whilst strumming all Six strings (hence open).

Your latest qustion,

-----2-------
-2---3---2--
-----2-----3
-----0-------
-------------
-------------

Would indeed be, Pick the "2", then strum a "D", then Pick the "2" then Pick the "3".

Hope that helps.

Brilliant, Will give it a go tonight, I think i might replace the D5 with a D7, I've really got a thing for switching to D7 lately over other forms of D.

I'm sorry but you can't look past Hendrix. Though to be honest, I though his rendition of All Along the Watchtower, and Little Wing were the stand out songs, never really felt Vodoo or Purple Haze or Hey Joe to be honest.

I quite like the simpler 1 2 3+4+    for some reason, It seems to work really well for a lot of oasis songs.
                                 D D DUDU

Or you could always go for  1+2+ 3+4+
                                         DDD UDUDU

Blackbird by the Beatles can be fingerpicked very effectively.

I live in pompey, but I'm not good enough to play in a band (other than messing about with my friends)

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------15------------------------------15sl 17-15~~-13-12-----|
G-12--14b(16)rb14p 12-14---14b(16)rb14-12-12----------12------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------12sl 14---------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----

what do those number mean?

can you make any chord on any fret?  such as a c on the third fret and fifth fret?

The numbers are the strings to pick.

EG.

1----
--3--
----5
----
----
----

Would mean that you pick string 1 (e) with you pressing down the first fret.
Then the 3 on string 2 is the same, but you press on the 3rd fret. Tab is really easy to read when you know how.

As for Chords and frets, no a C is not a C if you move it along. A good way to show this is thus:

Let me entertain you (Robbie Williams) is a simple E-G-A-E (4/4 1+2+3+4+)
You can play it simple

E    G    A   E
0    3    0    0
0    0    2    0
1    0    2    1
2    0    2    2
2    2    0    2
0    3    0    0

OR you can make an Emaj, The if you slide it down one fret, it becomes a F, slide it down another its an F#. slide it down one more fret and you get a G. So you can strum Ex4, then slide it down 3 Frets, and strum four times on the G. Next is an A, so one more fret down and you have a G#, then one more fret and you have an A.

So you can play the whole song, by just sliding your fingers down the fret board changing the frets. It works on the musical alphabet.

   b           d        e       g       a
A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#

I suggest you look very heavily into music theory, as one you can understand the alphabet it makes things very easy

I hope that helps, it might look mighty confusing....

You can play Hotel Yorba by White stripes in that very pattern..

G+2+3+4+ 
C+2+3+4+ 
D+2+3+4+
G+2+3+4+

Rinse repeat.... Lyrics are easily found, and its one line to each Chord.