Most songs use three to four chords, yep, that all. You know the G, C and D chords. Using fake chord sheet music let's play a song with those three chords.
I bet you know the tune to Home on the range. Here are the lyrics:
......G..................................C
O'h give me a home where the buffalo roam
.............................................D
where the deer and the antelope play
..........G.............................C
where seldom is heard a discouraging word
............G.................D..........G
and the skies are not cloudy all day.
Make a G chord and start strumming and singing - I know it's like rubbing your tummy and patting your head - All down strums are OK. When you get to the lyric word "Buffalo" change to the C chord. What's all that silence when you changed to the C chord LOL I bet you lost the beat. We all had to work through that. Keep strumming and singing and when you get to the word "play" change to the D chord. You get the idea, keep going....... Couple of weeks you will be singing, strumming, changing chords all at the same time without loosing the beat.
You just provided rhythm guitar accompaniment to your vocal arrangement of Home on the range. Congratulations. Go find some songs you like. Hint, helps if you already know the tune. Use the tune to help with the timing, as fake chord does not give you any note duration, or help with the melody.
Here is Home on the range with a few more chords.
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/mur...ange-3049.html
Start with the easy version I gave you and work your way to this version. Learn how to play your guitar while playing songs, and yes increase your number of chords as they come up in your songs.
To let Google find some fake chord songs for you. Google these key words:
Guitar chords, "Name of the song" the comma and the quote marks are important.
Here are a couple of good fake chord sites:
http://www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs/
http://www.chordie.com/browseartist.php/a.php?filter=
Have fun.
P.S. Why do they call it Fake Chord Sheet Music? In the old days musicians would pass hand written pieces of sheet music to each other with just the lyrics and chord names notated. You were expected to fake the melody.