Thanks William, 

I should also add to make sure your guitar has been setup to play easy. Go with the lightest gauge strings you can find and have the action (distance between fret and strings) lowered. Guitar shops can do this. This will make the strings very easy to press down on the frets. It may not sound great but at this stage you’re just trying to learn chords and build dexterity. 

Good luck, 

Moe