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   Chords aren't just scattered all around the neck of the guitar, They are always in sets. If you play anything in the Key of C then the major chords you will use are (C Major - F Major - G Major) AND the minor chords will be (A minor - D minor - E minor), You really just need to focus on the 'Major' chords for now. When you think of the 'millions' of songs that are out there you must remember that there are still only 12 'keys', If you divided all the songs into keys then you would find each key uses basically the same set of chords...

   Its not as much that the chords follow themselves around but more that the tones follow themselves around, The easiest pattern to learn is the (I. - IV. - V.) 1-4-5 which used in blues and it creates a 'sideways L' on the fretboard... The only place the L does not work is on the fourth string because of the tuning of the fifth string, You can see that the sideways(L) occurs on the other five strings...

(All three major tones in the Key of C) Major Tone sets

   The 'Sideways L' can be seen using the (VI. - II. - III.) as well, This is because the 6-2-3 pattern is relative to the 1-4-5 pattern. This means you can slide all the L patterns shown above 'down three frets <<<' and those are the chord sets for the minor chords...

(All three minor tones in the Key of C) Minor Tone sets

  The 'L pattern' can also be flipped around the opposite way to create an Inverted 145 or 236, The "L shape" above is as if the L fell forward and now you can see that if the L fell backwards then you still find all the tones congregated together...

(All three major chords in the Key of C) F G C (4-5-1)

(All three minor chords in the Key of C) D E A (2-3-6)

   You really shouldn't mess around with the "Fallen backwards" L and focus more on the "Fallen Forward" L, You should also see that where ever you see a CFG then you will also see its relative ADE close by (on both sides even). No matter which key you play in you will find these "L" patterns, They apply to all twelve keys...