Originally posted by keepingitbrutal
No offence taken lalimacefolle. Oh and kimbob what I meant when I said I found learning chords is really boring is that I can't sit there and stare at a peice of paper with a bunch of chords on it. I'll learn them but I won't know how to use them so I just forget about them cause whenever I try to use them it sounds horrible. I like to learn chords but I have to know the theory behind them or its like a 3 year-old trying to figure out a math problem. F.Y.I. I have a teacher but were pretty much only going over how to solo and shred over progressions we really haven't gone over chord thoery yet so it's up to me to figure that out on my own for right now.

One way to learn chord progressions is to find a song you like that is not too difficult and learn the song. Alot of the lyric sites and tab sites have the chords all ready worked out for you. Once you work out a few songs you will find that many songs have similar chord progressions. After a while you will be able to identify a chord in any song and tell what it is just by hearing it(minors, majors, 6th, 7th, etc..even fancy chords)(amaze your friends, be the life of the party).. It takes more strength to chords than it does to play leads, but you will find that benificial to your soloing. It is also good exercise for spreading(to spread is to shread) and using all your fingers. Learn your basic barre chords. When your jamming with other people someone has to play the rythm and when in doubt barre chords can fill just about anywhere.
This is just my opinion, but I'm a firm beliver in the necessity of chord knowledge to become an accomplished guitar player(Hendrix). Especially for writing songs. That's enough for now(sorry if I got carried away). :o