This will probably go against the grain of most folks here, especially teachers, but I'd encourage you to learn to play along to the guitar songs you like. No tabs, maybe a hint or two on what chords to start at, but to paraphrase Yogi, you can hear a lot by listening.
That the way I started out, and I now play a lot of songs I figured out by ear- Clapton, Knopfler, Mayer and the occasional James Taylor.
My sister picked up the guitar at age 50 and since I had no experience (or patience) to teach her she's been learning from a teacher who basically gave her some books and plowed thru them with her for 4 years. While she can read music and pick out the notes on the fretboard, something I never got around to doing, she can't actually play along with me and can't even play rhythm guitar since her teachers focus has been her learning the fretboard. She's learned to play, but she hasn't learned to listen. She's talked of quitting several times because she's so stressed out about playing "wrong" she doesn't enjoy it.
Now I don't mean to trash all music instruction, I could probably benefit from it myself, but just to point out that there are a lot of roads leading to guitar competence and enjoyment. The one that worked for me was learning to play along to albums I like.
