Everyone is looking for instant success. It encourages you to play more and learn guitar fast. The best way is to find easy acoustic guitar songs that have few chords and difficult parts to play. When you visit your local music store and look through all the music books how do you know which ones are easy to play. But you also want music that is contemporary and modern. You do not want to be playing the old beatles classics anymore, sorry John and Paul.
What I can do is give you some of the artists who write really great music that is constructed in a simple way. You shouldn’t start out by buying an Eric Clapton album or perhaps Dave Gilmour’s latest tome. I agree that they write and play great guitar music but as a beginner you need to lower your sights. What you need to start on are songs that are not too fast in pace and have only a few chord changes.
No beginners can play fast music well so do not try it. You probably are ready to be the next Jimmy Page but he has so much skill that you would not believe it.
let me show you some good contemporary bands that write songs that a learner can play? The list here is a good starting point for bands and artists that write good songs that are easy to play. Buy the easy play music for these people and you will be playing great music very quickly
Coldplay
U2 (choose carefully)
James Blunt
Razorlight
Tracy Chapman
Gabrielle
Van Morrison
Scouting for girls
The Feeling
Any country music artist. (They write simple well written songs that tell a story but do not require great virtuosity)
The other way to find easy acoustic guitar songs to play is to follow a modern contemporary guitar course like Jamorama. The songs are arranged for beginners but actually sound great and work well.