I think that the easiest way to learn guitar is by learning tablatures (commonly called 'tabs'). This

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_tab#Guitar_Tablature

can give you some tips on how to read guitar tabs.

To learn chords, I use(d) this:

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/

Sometimes it doesn't exactly give you the easiest way of playing a chord, so if you want to figure out chords on your own, you can go to a piano and play the base not of the chord with a third and a fifth added on. Figure out which three notes comprise the chord and then find those notes on the guitar by counting up half a note for each string [i. e: starting on the low E string would go: E (open string), F (first fret), F# (second fret), G (third fret) and so on]. Sometimes you can find a more comfortable or easier way to play a chord that way.

As for playing songs, there are plenty of great websites with plenty of tabs, including

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/
and
http://www.azchords.com/

I hope I was helpful.
Source(s):
http://www.azchords.com/
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_tab#Guitar_Tablature


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