That’s definitely the truth! I got really frustrated though to the point I was getting heated and sweating and those 10 minutes he had allotted for me felt like an eternity and it was only about 4 minutes… lol
When I start trying to learn some songs. I’m going to break it up into like 2-5 minute segments. 10 minutes felt like to much for me.
Anthony @Snee
Do check out the website songs you will be surprised at the choice available. Playing songs is what it is all about as you will see this mantra mentioned many times in the community.
I think you need to be realistic in your choice of song, to start with, don’t get too ambitious. Not trying to put you off but there is a world of difference between OMC and a chord sequence for as song, but you seem to be at a point where you really should be playing songs. Don’t be put off by some songs that may not be your cup of tea, you are developing your skills to play the songs you really want.
Let the community know how you get on.
Michael
@Snee ,
Playing songs and memorizing songs are two different skills. For you, I’d strongly suggest you focus on the the first one.
When I started Justin’s lesson a couple of years ago, one of the real game changers for me in learning to play songs was the Justin Song App.
By Module 7 there are dozens of songs that are carefully chosen to be appropriate for that level. If you already know some chords, you can play along karaoke style…as slowly as you need to.
It’s the easiest entry into song playing that I know of…by far. Not free, but a 1 month subscription is only $10 - $15, so you can cancel if it’s not for you. (And there might even be a free trial period).
Ironically, it won’t help you memorize songs, but you can cross that bridge when you come to it.
Hi Anthony @Snee ,
Jolene …easy … but can also be very difficult
This is a good example which in line with what has been said by the people above me ,and there are so much more songs here… lovely song by Justin , quite easy to play along (grade 1) , but the better you get on guitar the harder you can / will do it on the guitar … before you get the riff right (grade 5?) you must have already worn out some sets of strings 
Welcome here and have fun 
Greetings,Rogier
Impressive collection of songs 
. If you have the App, there are easy versions of “Hey Joe” and " I won’t back down" at least.
Thank you Nicole @JokuMuu and growing everyday! 
I make it a point to listen to one new album everyday!
@roger_holland Wow! Thanks for opening my ears to Dolly Parton… I always heard that song and never actually gave it a listen… that is a groove! I can definitely see myself playing that! Might also have to check out more of her stuff…
I went out and did what I said I was going to yesterday and I found the songs I think I’m going to work towards. With the aid of a website called Songsterr I used that to look at the music and if I even for a second got confused. I put it off as too complicated for right now. I also used it to listen to the guitar isolated to see if I would still like it because taking one part from a piece of music it wont always sound good by itself because you are playing a part in overall piece. So, I tried to choose songs that I like first and foremost, that also might develop some skills or techniques.
Which led me to these:
Hey Joe Recommended for learning the CAGED System & its Jimi
House of the Rising Sun for Arpeggios & 6/8 time + if I some how forget how this song goes I can just turn on the radio lol I won’t though its pretty much ingrained in my brain now
Ain’t No Sunshine no real studious reason I just like the song
Waiting for 22 arpeggios and predictable practicing switching between time signatures
Horse With No Name for working on my strumming
and maybe I just slide Wish You Were Here *there 
Others that didn’t make it but still valid are:
So, I those are what I’m going to work on then I might do the ones that didn’t make it who knows… I will likely run through my whole playlist on songster and update it with potentially easy ones if anyone wants me too.
Lastly @MAT1953 don’t worry your not putting me off! I went and checked out the site… wow everyone reading this needs to do that if they haven’t already! The strumming pattern tool is fun as heck to play around with. I will keep you guys up to date though… if I don’t forget that is! I likely will be puttin up a post in the just chatting section too just for the fun of it!
but can you explain what an OMC is?
One Minute Changes. Justin practice routine to speed your chord changes up from early in the Beginner course. Someone will no doubt add a helpful link.
@Snee Sorry… You made me curious. You mean: One album that you had not known before? And you go through the whole thing even if it’s not good? I do something similar at work (interrupted by ringing phones colleagues of course) but I usually give up on an album I have not known before, when I have listened to the first three songs and none of them caught my attention
Yep! One album I’ve never listened to before all the way through! If its something I don’t like but don’t hate either. The most popular track or title track if it has one goes in like a “background noise” or what I call the “One Mans Trash is Another Mans Treasure” Playlist because who knows you might grow to like them.
If its something I like/love I write the album and band name down on paper and put it with my songbook and learning resources. Then I put the first song or title track if it has one in my “Perfect Album” playlist.
Then I have my “Leftovertures” which I put songs from albums that I like but the album has songs I don’t like or have to many back to back “meh” songs. Similar to you though if its actively irritating to me. I will skip to the next track though. I end up having to skip a lot of Power, Death/Black, & Thrash Metal tracks because I’m not a fan of the 100% of the time max speed element of Thrash & the Vocals/Lyrics for Death/Black/Power metal. I have to at least listen to the first minute or so of all the songs because there can be some hidden gems within albums you might not otherwise like. If you stick through some of these albums you will find some gems. Example for me is Death Angels " A Room with a View" that song is coming from a Thrash album.
Thanks @TheMadman_tobyjenner should of prolly put that one together myself! lol oops.
Anthony @Snee
Here is the link to OMC that Toby @TheMadman_tobyjenner mentioned
You will also come across other chord practice abbreviations
CP chord perfect
PFC perfect fast changes
Hope this helps
Michael
The only one in your list that I know for sure is considered for Grade 1 is Hey Joe. I saw you had some Neil Young. Cortez the Killer is considered Grade 1 and Justin has a lesson for an easy version as he also does for Wish You Were Here, by Pink Floyd.
And if you go to this part of the Website, you can put in the chords you want to use and up will pop songs that Justin has lessons for.
Nope, they should all be Grade 1. Maybe a tick above but, House of the Rising Sun he recommends it to you during the Grade 1 module. I mean, They all look less complicated compared to Wish You Were Here or Jolene to me…except for Nothing Else Matters but when you look online there’s not much 6/8 songs that stand out to me so I felt like including that and Waiting for 22 is a 1 minute long transition song. If I stick to the rhythm… and not do the leads it shouldn’t be a problem I would think.
I mean to me this > Waiting for 22 Tab by Queensryche | Songsterr Tabs with Rhythm
looks easier than this > Wish You Were Here Tab by Pink Floyd | Songsterr Tabs with Rhythm
Unless I’ve got the wrong list, I’m looking, for instance, at Bridge of SIghs. It has Bm chords, not a grade 1 song at all.
As for 6/8 songs I couldn’t find any beginner songs I liked so I’m skipping those for now.
Interesting strategy. So much analysis I, at the moment, just keep two “not bad, interesting, something to discover, might listen to again”-song lists. Then I have two other ones - roughly divided by genre - to these I “may” only add songs that I ended up listening to at least two times in a row.
It’s so interesting, discovering new music, artists, album, songs. Nothing more boring than having to listen to the same songs over and over again on the radio.
Of course I checked the song you mentioned. You are right. That’s surprising for thrash-metal, a genre I usually don’t like much. But that one had something. It was a bit like a mini-opera. Reminded me of Avatar (Swedish heavy metal band, among others melodic death metal). Specifically Avatar’s concept album from 2016 “Feathers & flesh”
Oh! you saw Trower than you were looking at my playlist?! Well, in that case yeah your definitely right. I think a majority of those are beyond Mod 1 level, but I didn’t make that with the sole purpose of the Grade 1 Mod. I thought you were referring to my above comment. Those are just songs I desire to play someday. Now, I understand you though… and that definitely solidified my choice of Hey Joe… 
everyone seemingly gravitates to that one and trust me Luna I already recognize those B chords and all those barre chords as beyond me! 
When Justin said to go create a songbook I went to find The Way I Choose by Bad Company and then not knowing the struggles of those chords yet. I printed it out attempted it and I was literally blown away at the chords used for what seemed like to me a “not so hard” song on the surface just based off my listening of it but was proven wrong by the chord boxes. Oh Well! I went to Ready For Love which looked easier but still to hard I think for the purpose of this discussion.
@JokuMuu I really want to start dividing them by genre too but that seems like a lot of work! Props to you for doing that… I don’t think I have the patience quite yet! I have to get out of the discovery phase first . Your right though… discovering new artists is really rewarding especially if they’re underground and getting to spread the music to people. I was heavy into Pink Floyd! I would listen to like the same few songs I knew by them and a few other bands that I heard on the radio They are awesome and I’m still into them but I noticed I was calling myself a “fan” of these guys and I never really sat through a whole album. So, I became an album guy instead of a singles guy and began to go out and hunt for new music. Plus I craved something with more energy than Floyd…STILL LOVE THEM but not a high energy group. 
and Nicole you absolutely piqued my interest with Avatar because there is 2 things I’m into ROCK… OPERAS! Its already been added to my list for listening later! 
does he mean memorize lyrics also?
@jesseholiday7
No, that is not part of learning to play guitar.
If you can play and sing and if you can memorise lyrics them WOW. You’re lucky indeed at this stage.
But no, focus on the playing as priority.
Guys i have a problem i listen to metal. But most metal songs dont use these open chords. And learning these country and pop songs is just boring. If someone told me to play a song for them i wouldnt wanna play Wonderwall for example. So what should i do ?
Here are my playlists ShadowGuy on Spotify
metal players had to learn from the basics too there is no easy short cut
There is an unwritten law that says you have to learn how to play wonderwall whether you like it or not. We all have to go through it.
In my case I like more types of music other than metal but I guess open chords are the basic chords that any musician needs to know. I’m pretty sure a lot of the bands in your playlist use some open chords here and there to play melodies or even used in some songs like “highway to hell” or “good riddance “
Hope you can get more insight from the veterans here.