Teach Your Children Well by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Verse 1

D                   G
You, who are on the road 
            D
must have a code 
             A7
that you can live by.
    D             G
And so become yourself 
            D
because the past 
          A7
is just a good bye.


Chorus
D                   G
Teach your children well, 
               D
their father's hell 
           A7
did slowly go by,
    D                  G
And feed them on your dreams, 
             D
the one they fix, 
               A7
the one you'll know by.

D                       G
Don't you ever ask them why, 
                            D
if they told you, you would cry,
                         Bm   G      A7
So just look at them and si———gh 
              D
and know they love you.


Instrumental

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Verse 2

    D                  G
And you, of the tender years 
               D
can't know the fears 
                 A7
that your elders grew by,
    D                             G
And so please help them with your youth, 
              D
they seek the truth 
            A7
before they can die.


Chorus

D                   G
Teach your children well, 
               D
their father's hell 
            A7
will slowly go by,
    D                  G
And feed them on your dreams, 
             D
the one they fix, 
               A7
the one you'll know by.
D                       G
Don't you ever ask them why, 
                            D
if they told you, you would cry,
                         Bm   G      A7
So just look at them and si———gh 
              D
and know they love you.

 
Ending

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