Teach Your Children Chords

by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Dallas Taylor

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	D
Capo:	no capo

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Asus4

Asus2

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Teach Your Children – Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young
 
[Intro]
| D | G | D | Asus4 A Asus2 |
 
[Verse 1]
D                   G
You, who are on the road,
            D                  Asus4 A Asus2 A
Must have a code, that you can live by.
    D              G
And so, become yourself,
            D               Asus4 A Asus2 A
Because the past, is just a goodbye.
 
[Chorus]
D                   G
Teach your children well,
               D                Asus4 A Asus2 A
Their father's hell, did slowly go by
    D                  G
And feed, them on your dreams
             D                      A
The one they pick's, the one you’ll know by.
 
[Bridge]
D                       G
Don’t you ever ask them why,
                            D
If they told you, you would cry,
                         Bm   G G A
So just look at them and sigh,
              D
And know they love you.
 
[Solo]
| G | D | A |
 
[Verse 2]
    D                               G
And you,                 of  tender years,
    (Can you hear and)              (Do you care and)
               D                       A
Can’t know the fears, that your elders grew by
              (Can you see we)         (Must be free to)
 
              D                                   G
And so please help,                them with your youth,
             (Teach your children)               (You believe and)
              D                       A
They seek the truth,      before they can die,
              (Make a world that)    (We can live in)
 
[Chorus]
D                   G
Teach, your parents well,
                 D                 Asus4 A Asus2 A
Their children’s hell, will slowly go by.
    D                  G
And feed, them on your dreams,
             D                      A
The one they pick's, the one you’ll know by.
 
[Bridge]
D                       G
Don’t you ever ask them why,
                            D
If they told you, you would cry,
                         Bm    G G A
So just look at them and sigh,
              D
And know they love you.
 
[Outro]
|  G  | D A | D D D A | D
X

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Technically it's an Asus2 and the 6th string is muted or not played on all A chords. ie: EADGBE Asus2 XO22OO A XO2220 Asus X02230

The harmony in verse two is D G And you, of tender years, [Can you hear and do you care and] D Can't know the fears [Can you see we] A That your elders grew by [Must be free to] D And so please help [Teach the children] G Them with your youth [To believe and] D They seek the truth [Make a world that] A Before they can die [We can live in]

I'm not a great singer, but I found this song easier (for me) to sing to by swapping out the 4 chords: D -> G G -> C A -> D Bm -> Em But I kept the structure, etc. Thank you!!