Alley at the age of 83 I too have difficulty with the standard C chord and have had for the past several years so I went to a different C chord pattern. It works for me and it might work for you.there are two different ways to do this go to the 5th fret and play the C chord in the A position and the F chord in the F position and the G chord in the F position starting on the 3 fret or go to the 8th fret and play yhe C chord in the F position and the F and G chord in the a position starting on the 10th and 12th fret. I won't atke up space rtying to explain this on mudcat thred but if you'll PM me your email I'll lead you through both of these C chords. Also all of your supporting chords will either be played in the A chord position or the F chord position