I think you can approach this from two ways. Either you put in some time to learn common chords and then look at some songs you like or you make a list of songs you wanna play and make a list of the chords they use.
Don't forget that a lot of the exercises you'll see on GT are there to help you gain dexterity and strength. Sure they may look boring at first since you're looking to play songs ASAP but they do serve a important purpose.
My suggestion would be to look at our Absolute Beginner's guide . It has a lot of the basic knowledge you'll need to play those songs.
Learning guitar doesn't happen overnight and altho you might not want to learn advanced theory, the basics will help you along the way.