You really have to spend some time learning chords first. Most songs are written in the !,!V,V progression or variations of it so thats a good place to start. If you stumble across a line of notes that sounds good to you, you will need to know what chord those notes came from so you can determine a key which then tells you what other chords and notes will fit for your tune.
A good way to get inspiration is to play a chord, then play notes that would sound good over it while the sound of the ringing chord is still in your ears. Then do the next chord. Another way is to just find chords that work together and put a simple picking pattern over them. Get it down and then play with the pattern to make it interesting.Writing your own tunes is a pretty big step for the amount of playing time you have.
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