I think that no matter what type of music your into, you should learn how to play basic chords. I learned how to play the guitar on The Beatles. I got myself a huge Beatles chord book with a ton of the songs. I learned how to play the really easy ones first, just strumming the chords (Twist and Shout, I wanna hold your hand). The I moved on to the more difficult songs (Blackbird, Martha My Dear). I would really recommend learning your major and minor chords. There are tons of simple rock songs that utilize your standard G, C, D chord progression. Another whole bunch of easy songs are A minor, C, G chord progressions. Nirvana is OK to learn on, but most of it is power chords, which doesn't teach you true hand positions for chords.
What type of music are you into playing? Because you ultimately need to be playing something that you enjoy if you are going to stick with it.
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