It took me almost two years before I could play a single song. I sat every day and strummed chords, practiced pentatonic patterns, and learned easy little licks from songs I liked. But, for the life of me couldn't put it together.

Literally one day, it just clicked. The first song I learned all the way through was Simple Man and learned the easiest 3 chord version I could (Am, C, G). After a few weeks of this song, I learned another, and found that this second song had similar chords in it as Simple Man.

Then, I learned a third, fourth, and always found the same thing (more or less)--I've seen these chord patterns before!

As I write this today, I now have a catalog of nearly 60 songs I've learned on one year alone and I now see new songs as all relating to each other in some way.

So, my advice, find a song you really like and learn the easiest version of it you can. I always say, "work the struggle". Allow yourself to realize it can be hard, but be determined to get through one whole song. Then, do nothing more than play and enjoy that song for a while and then move onto another.

Soon enough, you'll see the same thing I did, the same damn chord progressions, patterns, etc show up in different songs all the time!