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Get a teacher. You'll be forced to do things like learn sheet music and play "correctly" which is extremely valuable. You'll also get quite a bit of music theory which will help you when you decide to cross over to other instruments.

As for great acoustic songs, I'd recommend anything by James Taylor. Women fscking melt when you play "Something In The Way She Moves", and it's not that hard to learn. You'll need to learn Stairway because, while it may be trite because everyone knows it, everyone knows it. Plus it'll help you learn finger picking.

Keep in mind an acoustic is played just like an electric, so anything you could learn for an electric can be translated with ease assuming you're not learning on a classical guitar, which can be a bit harder. The only real difference between an electric and acoustic is thicker strings and higher action. That's about it.

Good luck, and remember - the faster you get the blisters, the faster you get the calluses [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]