Teach Your Children

Crosby, Stills and Nash

In several places, you can play around with the A. The pattern is A Asus4 A Asus2 A

[Intro]

D		G		D		A

Verse-1:

D	G
You who are on the	road

	D	A
Must have a	code that you can live	by

	D	G
And	so become your	self

	D	A
Because the	past is just a good-	bye.

Verse-2:

D	G
Teach your children	well,

	D	A
Their father’s	hell did slowly go	by,

	D	G
And	feed them on your	dreams

	D	A
The one they	picks, the one you’ll know	by.

Chorus

D	G	D
Don’t you ever ask them	why, if they told you, you will	cry,

	Bm	G	A
So just look at them and	sigh

	D
and know they love	you.

G		A		D

Verse-3:

And you, of tender years,

Can’t know the fears that your elders grew by,

And so please help them with your youth,

They seek the truth before they can die.

Counterpoint on verse 3

Can you hear me? If you can

Can’t you see, we must be free to

Teach your children.

You may need them to make a world

That we can live in peace.

Verse-4:

D	G
Teach your parents	well,

	D	A
Their children’s	hell will slowly go	by,

	D	G
And	feed them on your	dreams

	D	A
The one they	picks, the one you’ll know	by.

Chorus

D	G	D
Don’t you ever ask them	why, if they told you, you will	cry,

	Bm	G	A
So just look at them and	sigh

	D
and know they love	you.

G		A		D