well whats wrong with a lazy approach.

if you minimise the technical difficulties - you can get on with the important things - namely your individual input - it could be an extra twiddly bit - it could be learning the words and giving them expression - finding a quirky but fun rhythm - balancing an egg on your nose (or any other part of your anatomy).

with DADGAD, you can do the three chord trick, with just one finger of the fretting hand.

with a capo - you can do the three chord trick in any key, pretty much.

i think we attach too much value to the value of hard work. it doesn't always produce a profit - in fact for most people, hard work is just an unpleasant fact of life.