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[Thrillho]

Oh, Desolation Row is only D, G and A.

Come to think of it I think that Should I Stay Or Should I Go? by The Clash is only those three chords.

[Jono]

I reckon you should challenge yourself. Playing intermediate songs badly is a great way to get better - you'll feel your progress as you slowly nail the movements better and better.

I would reccomend learning:
New York, New York - Ryan Adams (easy song, great strum)
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead (even easier song)
Exit Music for a Film - Radiohead (slightly harder, but great knowledge)

aaand, everything off of Grace by Jeff Buckley. That will get you up to spec pretty quickly on how to use alternate tunings, WITHOUT going all Death frickin metal on us.

[brew]

Advice to beginning guitarists: Don't make the same mistake I did. I bought a guitar with a neck too wide for my hands. I didn't notice it at the shop because I only fingerpicked a couple of things to see how it sounded, but it turns out I can't reach a bunch of chords.

Oi, I disagree with this one.  You're probably grabbing the neck like a baseball bat so that your palm is up against the back or something.  Your fingers should be the only thing that touches the neck, either the 2-5th fingers doing the fretting or the thumb on the back.  I have tiny hands, and I can reach all the reasonable chords on thick necks.  I have a thin-necked guitar that just sits around nowadays because I can't play on it for more than 15 minutes without my wrist hurting.