[albert_d]

When I was first picking up the guitar I did so to play for my friends around a campfire type setting. I fingerpicked simple 2 or 3 chord songs. One I recall was 16 tons (I pulled it from a Tennessee Ernie Ford record) with ‘Em, Am, B7. I didn’t strum it. I alternately picked the bass stings. Slow, simple, but effective. You might try that or something like it before jumping off ship @JerryCan