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Teach Your Children chords by Crosby, Stills & Nash And Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Official Version)

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D
G
A
Bm

Intro 1

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 yourself

D

A

Because the past is just a goodbye

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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 1

D

G

Don't you ever ask them why

D

If they told you, you will cry

Bm

So just look at them and sigh

G

A

And know they

Interlude 1

D

G

D

A

(love you)

Verse 3

D

G

And you, of tender years

D

A

Can't know the fears that your elders grew by

D

G

And so please help them with your youth

D

A

They seek the truth before they can die

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 2

D

G

Don't you ever ask them why

D

If they told you, you would cry

Bm

So just look at them and sigh

G

A

And know they

Outro 1

D

G

D

A

D

(love you)

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0

D
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Bm

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: D majorBPM: 80

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

D: x-x-0-2-3-2
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
Bm: x-2-4-4-3-x

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This is the definitive original version of Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills & Nash And Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of D major. It suits players who want to learn Teach Your Children the way Crosby, Stills & Nash And Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

Teach Your Children

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