Bryant. God bless you. YES, that's the reason for correctly fingering the "G"!

OK Margarita, are you ready to go to work? First of all there are many approaches...many of them suggested here and most of them good. This is just my personal way of gettin' folks started. Peter's right about the bass notes. Always (until you learn about the many exceptions) hit the root note first in any pattern. eg: "C" chord - first bass note is "C" and so on. Here we go.

Double thumbing pattern (it swings like a son of a gun)

1. Play G chord. (correct fingering, even if it hurts)
2. T-6
3. T-4
4. T-6
5. I-3
6. T-4
7. M-2

The rythm should sound like BUM. BUM. titty,titty. (please excuse terminology..I mean no offence!)

1. Play C chord (for the moment, don't put any finger on the 6th string. that comes a bit later)
2. T-5
3. T-4
4. T-5
5. I-3
6. T-4
7. M-2

1. Play D7 chord. This one's harder.
2. T-4
3. T-5 (backwards..ha,ha!)
4. T-4
5. I-3
6. T-5
7. M-2

To relieve the tedium of practising these suckers endlessly, here's a reward in the form of an astonishingly beautiful chord. Play it right after an "Am"chord

Index finger plays 1st string, 1st fret.
Middle plays 3rd string, 2nd fret.
Strum LOUDLY across the strings but DON'T play 6th string! (yet)...it's a D minor sixth. Play Am then Dm6. Hear those Russian Gypsies in the background!! finish with "E7". Dance, Gypsy Girl, Dance!

Rick