Guitar Progress

So I said that I was going to learn to play guitar and I've been making some steady progress. I posted a couple of videos in January of me picking out a couple of tunes. My plan was to start with that to get some calluses on my fingers. Then I wanted to move onto chords. So I've been working on that for a couple of months now. I know a handful or chords and my fingers are getting used to the positions and the tips are getting hard so it doesn't hurt as much. I've been pretty good about practicing every week except for the end of March when we were quite busy with visitors.

I'm pretty happy with the progress I'm making. My mom copied a few songs for me out of her book that she uses for piano. And I can get chords for some songs that I love online. I've been thinking I should record some more videos so I can see my progress later. So I got brave tonight and recorded an attempt at the Wailin' Jennys - "A Beautiful Dawn." I just found this song online tonight and had only played it through a couple of times. Of course as soon as I hit "record" I felt nervous and it probably wasn't as good as the time before but I don't care! I'm not recording again - no re-dos! 
The next thing is to work on getting my chord changes faster. I'm already faster than I used to be, but you can see that it is slow going. :-)
I dedicate this song and video to my two good friends DeAnna and Cheryl and also my mom and dad. 
Without further ado - my youtube guitar/singing debut:  

Here are the lyrics with chords that I got from here:

G C D G 
Take me to the breaking of a beautiful dawn 
Take me to place where we came from 
Take to me to the end so I can see the start 
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart 
 
G C D G 
Take me to the place where I can feel so small
Take me where I don’t have to stand so tall 
Take me to the end so I can fall apart 
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart 


C G D G 
Take me where love is not for sale 
Take me where are hearts are not so frail 
G C D G 
Take me where the fire still owns its spark 
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart 


C G D G 
Teach me how to see when I close my eyes 
Teach to forgive and to apologize 
G C D G 
Show me how to love in the darkest dark 
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart 


G C D G 
Take me where the angels are close on hand 
Take me where the ocean meets the sky and land 
Show me the very first evening star 
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart


C G D G 
Take me to the place where I feel no shame 
Take me where courage doesn’t need a name 
G C D G 
Learning how to cry is the hardest part 
There’s only one way to mend a broken heart