Hi Garry a very warm, heatwave warm, welcome to the community.
There are plenty of older learners here … have you seen the old dogs / new tricks topic? Older guitar students / Can 'old dogs' learn new tricks?
Good luck with the finger picking, if you need any help just ask.
As for chord sequences (and, by extension, songs), there have been a couple of topics recently that you may find interesting … Trouble Memorizing Songs and How to memorise chord sequences?
Cheers, Richard
