I like your choice of guitars, got an strat myself. anyway, chords are not really difficult, they are at first but then they become so easy you won't believe it. I had trouble at first, but then I sat down with a chord guide and made sure I could play each one perfectly, and that you could hear each note clearly. Are you having trouble with barre chords or open chords?
"I'll stand up next to a mountain and chop it down with the edge of my hand."
-Jimi Hendrix