Someone once told me quite tactfully that my signing sounded musical but I wasn't singing the familiar tune, I was making up my own melody, thinking about it I realised that I was concentrating on listening to and thinking about playing the chords and not being aware of what I was actually singing I just came up with something that harmonised with the chords but it wasn't the tune everyone was familiar with.
It took a long time to turn that around and learn how to monitor my voice in my own head , not concentrating on the guitar playing , becoming familiar with the chord positions and not looking at the fretboard was key. Some songs have strong enough melodies to make nice tunes and I have found it helpfull to play melody on guitar and sing to that at least while learning the song . For me listening to the guitar while I play melody and sing works ok, but If I play chordal accompaniment listening to the chords just distracts me.
To paraphrase Grace Slick, listen to your head.
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