Ok, I have really been seriously trying to play acoustic guitar for the past year. One thing to my advantage is I have a lead guitar playing boyfriend who helps alot. (He tho, plays by ear) I already knew how to read music, so that's a plus. I spend LOTS of time on the net searching for songs I'd like to learn, buy books like they are water, but I have one weakness....tabs. For the life of me I can not get the understanding of them in my head. Yes I realize the numbers on a tab correspond to a specific string/fret combination, but it really may as well be in a foreign language. I simply can not look at a tab and understand how it matches to a phrase of music. Such a mental block there. Any suggestions?

Auralis