Simple guitar songs for beginning musician

Check out www,danmansmusic.com
They have a free library of 1000s of songs/lyrics/tablature
which will save you buying songbooks.
Not sure what to suggest but suggest not the Beatles nor Dylan.
People always think they're both easy. To my limited abilities they're not.
Playing with, watching other PLAYERS who are more advanced always helped me.
Si

WWWWWoooo Piezo,
I've been attempting to play for 30 years & all that stuff was way beyond me. Saying that I was never very serious, the practice bit was easy but learning all the theory was not on the agenda - I had enough 's--t' to study to make a living without doing it for relaxation 2 !
Shame as I now wish I had.
I still couldn't tell u which key a song is in but I can find my way up & down the neck, transpose into other unknown keys and generally find my way around the geetar.
Working out tunes is no problem but my raddled old brain will only retain them for micro seconds.

I find that if you love a song and know the words without resort to a song book, then check out the chords for reference - then just go with it.
I play for my own enjoyment, won't be tempted on stage but in spite of the fact I can still only play about 5 songs all the way thru - it has given me priceless enjoyment over a long period of working away from home.

I still have friends who decide late in life to buy a guitar(usually the same ones who buy a motorbike)& come round for lessons. They invariably know more theory than me & annoy me by thinking they will be J. Hendrix over night & it's my fault if they're not.
Stick with it & don't worry too much. Just enjoy it and if you can play a few tunes with your kid, you'll have a great time!

Si