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Hi @Limor This is a timeless question,on,playing actual songs. I remember being baffled by it at the beginning. My suggestion is to Google songs with 2 and 3 chords. They’ll be the easiest. If you know the song well, you can often figure out a strum pattern, but I always suggest using a metronome, and start slow. One down strum for every chord on the 4th count/click on it. Increase the speed by 5-10 beats once you’re able to master 1 chord every 4 beats.
If you need to work on transitions between chords, use the metronome. Take 2 adjacent chords in a song. Again, play the chord on the first beat. On beats 2,3,4 transition to the next chord (position fingers correctly) and strum down on the next beat 1; then use 2,3,4 again to transition back to the other chord, and back and forth. Again start slow and increase speed by 5-10 beats once you’re able to transition 10x in a row without missing a beat and with clear chords.
There are many resources to learn songs on sites and YouTube. I don’t like to provide competitors openly, so I’ll message you a few sites.