How can I learn to play the guitar?

Question: How can I learn to play the guitar!?

I have always wanted to learn how to play guitar, but I have never been able to!. We cannot afford an instructor, money is tight!. I have tried the instructional books, but they have not helped me any!. I cannot tune a guitar!. Can anyone give advice on how to learn guitar!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I used this site:

http://www!.zentao!.com/guitar/guitar-less!.!.!.

It has a lot on the theory, how it works, etc!. A lot of background information that you may want to jump around, but I found that it worked out for me!.

This site is also one to check out:

http://www!.abclearnguitar!.com/Www@QuestionHome@Com

there are a bunch of online tuning pitches and tutorials on sites like ultimate-guitar!.com and you can also look at chord diagrams, and figure out a mnemonic device or acronym to learn the strings like!.!.
Elephants And Dogs Grow Big Ears!.!. that's what I used for the deepest to highest strings!.!.!. EADGBE!. its really not a hard instrument to learn if you practice and keep learning new chords and putting them together!. i'd recommend learning C, F, A, G and D first as far as chords go, they seem to be the most common ones!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well you can buy books and Cds that are for beginners, Its going to take a lot of time and practice it's not an overnight thing!. My brother taught himself how to play the guitar and he is just 13Www@QuestionHome@Com

If you have a keyboard you can tune your guitar!. The strings from top to bottom are E A D G B E!.
I learned by ear and practiced alot!. Today I can play anything!.
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i dunno im in the same boat as you m8Www@QuestionHome@Com