Singing and or Playing
It’s totally normal. It just takes practice, and simplifying the guitar part over the verse to the point you can on autopilot. Save the fancy guitar work for the intros and outros, it will sound better anyway. When I’m learning a new song, I’m usually just strumming half or whole notes to keep time and follow the chord changes, then gradually add in syncopation as I get more comfortable with the vocal. I get a lot of mileage out of a simple Travis roll with alternating bass and the occasional melody note too, kind of the guitar version of piano fake books. Sounds impressive to people who don’t know better.
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