Originally Posted by: fauzoolfingers are making me so frustrated i cant even play ode to joy

You being a beginner, your guitar may need a low action setup and, or lighter strings. If the guitar is not setup correctly and, or has *heavy* strings, beginners won't be able to press down the high action or heavy strings for very long, will suffer finger fatigue quickly, have extreme trouble playing to the point of pain and, or bleeding if you play too long (been there, done all that, got the guitar right and now playing is easy).

Also, get RockTips to coat the finger tips of your fretting hand. You'll be able to play for longer periods of time without discomfort, the stuff saved my fingertips, smooths out finger slides and softens the string noise too.