Teach Your Children

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Suggested strumisland strum

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d

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d

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u

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4

d

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u

Also works: everywhere 4/4 d – d u – u d –

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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
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How to play Teach Your Children on ukulele

To play Teach Your Children on ukulele, strum the island strum: d – d u – u d u. It rolls along at a medium pace of around 120 bpm. As posted it stays in its original key of D major. Nothing scary in the shapes, it sits on the easy ukulele songs list at the rookie level. Bounce a light country strum and let the two-beat feel carry it.

6 ukulele chords used in "Teach Your Children" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: A, Asus2, Asus4, Bm, D and G

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Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was a folk rock supergroup composed of the American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and the English-American singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by the Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, they were known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY). They are noted for their intricate vocal harmonies and lasting influence on American music and culture, their political activism and their tumultuous relationships.

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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