F, that hurts.

Excuse my newbie blood to the guitar world.
By far, I'm the worst of the group but with good reason. I only started playing the guitar, and I mean really only started playing in October. Although I've had my cheapie $50 acoustic for a good number of years, I just never touched it. Sure I went through bouts that lasted the whole of a week, but that really didn't keep the calluses. I digress.
I recently purchased a CAPO for the sole purpose of learning Barenaked Ladies tracks, as they use them pretty extensively. I thought I would try and brave Brian Wilson. I scanned the first couple of pages of Brian Wilson from "The Best of Barenaked Ladies" (ISBN 0-7692-1579-3) and found no traces of barre (I think that's what they're called) chords so I thought I was all good. Wrong. The lyrics "if you wanna find me I'll be (F) out in the sand box..." stopped me dead in my tracks. F. A barre chord. Or is it? (please excuse if I wrote these out wrong)

e----1----
B----1----
G----2----
D----3----
A----3----
E----1----

Further investigation found an alternate. An alternate I will surely use to avoid KILLING MY WRIST to play that dreaded F. If you're lazy like me, and your fingers are fast enough,

e----5----
B----3----
G----2----
D----4----
A----x----
E----x----

I haven't really tried playing "Brian Wilson" with this new found F'in joy, but I will soon. Perhaps I'll get a little YouTube action going on, so you can see exactly how poor my abilities are.
Also, the boys and I are getting together over the weekend for a little Jamage. Perhaps a report will appear soon after by any or all three of us.