Keep it up, I am by no means an expert but I can strum out a few tunes. (cant sing very well though lol)
I use ultimate guitar tabs app, its worth paying out for getting the chords etc.
Then I can use the transpose feature to change the register to chords which I am comfortable playing etc.
I learnt all the basic chords and start strumming songs I new, once you get the muscle memory squared away with practice then playin Bb or F7 isnt such a task after a while.
Once you learn a good selection of chords and changing between them it opens up so much options for songs.
Strumming patterns I just make up as I go along but when I started out I used a DVD which taught a pattern called "Wimpy Strong" which is like down up strummed softly (wimpy) and down once more firmly. Most sing along songs will fit to that pattern then you can start jazzing it up a bit.
I would suggest majority of chords would be like
A Am Bb C D Dm D7 Em E7 F Fm G G7
Then additionally
A7 Am7 (played open) B7 Cm C7 Dm7 Em7 F7
I found once I mastered changing from one to the other it became easier. Also G and Em seem to crop up a lot together in songs, And I found it easer to keep the G shape on the fret and just add an adition finger to the 3rd string for the Em.
Hope it all makes sense and keep up the practice
Rob
