I have a guitar.

This is not to say that I know how to play the guitar. Far from it. I… I have a guitar.

This is not to say that I know how to play the guitar. Far from it. I know about as little about the guitar as George W. Bush knows about winning a war. Hah, burn! But anyways, yeah, a guitar.

I got the guitar for Christmas, a gift from a friend of mine who works in a music store and got some crazy discount. It’s not anything fancy, just a standard acoustic, what they call a “learner’s instrument.” And let me tell you, that’s exactly what I am: a learner. I am a blank slate, an empty vessel. I have about as much instrumental ability as your average rock. In fact, that’s probably a pretty good comparison. You could most likely bang a rock off the strings of your average guitar, and it would make noises pretty similar to me trying to play it.

About the first thing I did with my guitar was to try to find some really easy songs to learn. And when I say really, that’s what I mean. I’m talking about two chords, one rhythm, easy vocals and as little prerequisite skill as possible. I look around on Google for a bit, and I see this Web site that has some easy guitar tab on it. I check it out, go to the “beginners” section and learn some chords. I was amazed that just strumming a chord was almost like playing real music! Sort of!

After going over chords for a bit, I decided to check out a song or two. After a bit, I came across Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth,” which is possibly one of the simplest songs in existence. For those of you who don’t recognize the title, it’s the song that goes “Stop, hey, what’s that sound, everybody look what’s going down