Billy, from your post I assume you can read some music. If so I would like to make a suggestion.
Buy fake book and an accompanying fake book disk from Notes' Norton Music. Pick a song from the disk, turn to the proper page in the fake book, and play along with the disk. Do this a few times via a different song each time and your reading will improve. In fact I have to get back to doing this myself.

When I was teaching guitar and bass I would young people had no choice buy to read music and eventually learn some theory. The "bucket list" people, virtually all retired people, had a choice to go that route or just learn a few chords and songs. Teenagers whom wanted to shred or thinking they could take 3 lessons and be on tour I said I'm not the teacher you want or need.

Good luck

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