Hi, I'm Joe I'm an old dude, and trying to learn to play.   My wife gave me a guitar for Birthday present, and, unfortunately, I have really thick fingers, that made it impossible NOT to mute adjacent strings.   I was told by a local player to get a Big Lou Guitar... which I did (acoustic) and found I could actually play the easier chords.    Then I got to Anders lesson with the 6 String A chord....  it is COMPLETELY impossible for me to get on the 2nd fret of the D string AND the 2nd fret on the G string...  much less trying to go 1st fret on B string...  Honestly I feel so defeated, that I want to give it up... I'm sending you a picture of my fingers trying to do this chord so you'll get an idea what I'm dealing with....

Maybe some others with club fingers can give me advice (other than give it up Joe) Thanks in advance.

Joe