Learning Guitar Chords Fast And Easy
Learning how to play guitar chords will take some time, and it requires patience, perseverance, practice and more practice. There are a few things that you can remember though that will make the process a bit easier.
Managing your own expectations is a good place to start. Realise right from the outset that mastering the skill of quickly and easily changing chords on the guitar will take time. The amount of time depends on the practice time that you put in.
Dont expected to be Eric Clapton within a few days of first picking up your guitar. Remember that any great guitarist that you like and admire has gone through the exact same process that you are going through at the moment. They just didn't give up at the first sign of difficulty. Make it your own goal to never give up too.
The mental aspect of learning guitar is often overlooked, but is very important. Employ mental imagery and visualisation techniques into your routine. You can do this away from the guitar, and it will help enormously.
A good chord for the complete newcomer to guitar to try and play is the E minor chord. Very nearly everyone that I have taught to play this chord has it down after five minutes.
Take a look at your left hand. Palm up, bend down your two middle fingers and you are in perfect shape to play the chord.
Place these two bent fingers on the guitar neck, just behind the second fret on the 4th and 5th strings. Make sure your thumb is anchoring your hand to the neck by placing it as shown in the photo. Classical guitar theory would have you believe that the thumb should be in the centre of the neck behind the fretboard. This is true if you want to be a classical guitarist. In the real world and especially with electric guitar playing having the thumb where its most comfortable is the way to go. You will discover where this is with time and practice. Strum all six strings from 6th up to 1st and you should hear a perfectly clear E minor chord. 
The next chord that I usually suggest you learn is the A minor chord. To easily form this shape, move you two bent fingers down from the 5th and 4th strings to the 4th and 3rd strings. Now when doing this please make sure to keep your two bent fingers tight together. Imagine they are stuck together. Move them as one unit, dont let them drift apart and move each finger independently. Togetherness is the key. This little trick will really help your chord changing move along a pace.
When the two bent fingers are in position on the 4th and 3rd strings, place your index finger down just behind the first fret of the 2nd string. This is directly below where it will be poised when your bent fingers are in position.
Strum the chord from the A string which is the 5th string down to the open E or 1st string. If your hand position has not changed much, which it shouldn't have, then you will hear a lovely clear A minor chord.
If the chords dont sound too clear to start with then just move your hand position around a bit and see if you can just make the open strings sound clearer. The problem is most likely to be down to part of your fretting hand catching a string apart from the one that it should be. Dont worry about this too much and certainly dont get mad if you cant do it.
Stay cool, relax your arm and wrist a little and have another try. Keep at it and I am sure you'll have it sorted out really fast.