Hello Will,
I started with Bert Weedon, I think playing the Grand Old Duke Of York, I seem to remember having a plastic attachment for the top of the guitar that you pressed buttons for the chords as well. I then graduated to Irish Folk Tunes (Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers ?) that seemed to require a max of 4 Chords and then I found my level with Status Quo - same four Chords but with my little finger bouncing up and down :rock: . Halcyon days, well actually no, they were quite noisy..
Cheers, Vic