[TBman]

Well, unless you are planning on learning classical style or finger style, scales will be sort of a waste of time. If you learn any kind of scales you'd want to learn some of the pentatonic scales. Pick a bunch of easy tunes and just learn to play them and eventually do the chord changes at the right speed to keep up with the lyrics. It takes time. Learning to be patient with yourself is a skill every guitarist has to learn as well as how to play.