This is a great thread. I am 62 in a week or so and I am having the time of my life. I played as a kid and hated it. Then I took it up again because the internet made it easier for me to go at my own pace. The advise about learning some basics and then jumping into a song is a good one. I suggest however to stick to the easy songs until you build your theory and your fingers. After I took beginner courses here and elsewhere I had a good working knowledge of open and barre chords and the neck in general. Before I started boring myself with too much theory I jumped into some songs from back in the day that I loved to hear but would love to learn to play. So I learned Stairway to Heaven including the solo, Fire and Rain, Texas Flood and others. I figured that I can't go wrong learning them. I picked them up, (it was hard and tedious), but I found out that they are doable for a guy like me. Now I can play against the recordings and backtracks. That's when it really gets to be fun. Enjoy the journey, man. Who woulda thunk.