Anyone? I have a hard time finding the beat. If you ask me to count some 4/4 song, there's only about a 25% chance I get the one correct...

I'm a very beginner guitar player (and have been for about 30 years now) and I know a couple of simple songs. If I try to play along with a record, I'm fine until vocals kick in and then I instantly lose track of the beat and find myself strumming to the syllables of whatever the vocalist is singing.