Chords for Graham Nash "Teach Your Children" Live | Reverb Song Stories
Tempo:
145.55 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[G]
[D]
[A]
[D]
You, who are on [G] the road.
It [A] was basically a song I wrote, you know, and finished here in my early days in America.
But [Bb] my original [D] way I did it was kind of like Henry VIII, you know, hello, [G] here we are [E] on
the road to you.
[A] Yes, yes, [Am] yes.
Right.
And still sorry and he went, [D] wait a second.
[A] First of all, that's a very interesting melody and really good [D] words, but don't ever play
it like that again.
[G] You have to play it like this.
And it was Stephen that put [D] that country kind of feel to it.
[A] And so now that we've [Em] got the rhythm and the [A] heartbeat of the song itself, that demands
how it was recorded.
And it was [D] recorded with just Stephen's acoustic [G] guitar, my acoustic guitar, Dallas Taylor
on [D] [A] tambourine, [D] Stephen overdubbing the bass.
We need a [A] solo.
But it's kind of country-ish and Stephen, you know, and David [D] were friends with Jerry
[G] Garcia who were recording in the same studios, a complex of studios in [D] San Francisco.
And so we asked Jerry to [A] put [Bm] lead guitar on pedal steel, which I believe was the [Gm] first
time that he ever played pedal steel [Bbm] on guitar.
[D] I started teaching children in the last couple of weeks [G] that I spent with my previous [D] band,
The Hollies.
I'd been collecting [A] photographs for a while and shown them in galleries.
And I've never asked any gallery owner and tell them where to put images.
That's their job.
They know their gallery better than me.
One particular case, they had put a picture of one of the earliest [E] portraits I bought
[C] by Dion Albus of a boy in Central Park with a hand grenade.
[G] And next to it was an [D] Arnold Newman portrait of Krupp, who was [A] the German arms maker whose
family provided all the arms basically for both World War I [Gm] and World War II.
When I saw these two images together, I really began [D] to realize that if we don't teach our
kids a [Gm] better way of dealing [A] with ourselves, we're in deep trouble [G] here.
[D] And that's what was the impetus for me to finish [G] teaching children, particularly with
songs like Immigration Man [D] and Chicago and [A] Military Madness.
It's a thrill as a writer [D] that they've lasted so long in people's hearts, [G] but it's a pain
in the butt that we have to keep [D] singing Military Madness or Immigration Man.
I mean, haven't we learned yet?
[Bm] I mean, I'm a human being.
[Db] We have certain [Gm] responsibilities.
We have to [A] keep breathing.
[E] We certainly [D] can't stop [E] fighting for what we [G] believe in.
All the things that the hippies stood [A] for, and I still consider myself to be a hippie
in a way, [D] is that love is better than hatred and [Am] peace is better than war, and we have
to take care of ourselves because this is all we've got.
[D]
[G]
[D]
[A]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[A] [D] Oh, become [G] yourself because [D] the past is just [A] a goodbye.
[D] Teach your children [G] well, their [D] fathers tell, it's only [A] go by.
[D]
And be them on [G] your dreams.
The one [D] they pick is the one [A] you'll know by.
[D]
Don't you ever ask [G] them why if they told you [D] you would cry.
So just look at them [Bm] and sigh.
[G]
[D] I know they love you, yes they do, yes they [G] do.
[D]
[A]
[D] And can you hear of tender [G] years?
[C]
You [G] can [D] know the fears that your [A] elders grew by.
And [D] so please help them with [G] your youth.
Because they [D] seek the truth before they [A] can die.
[D] Teach your [G] parents well, because their [D] children's health will slowly [A] go by.
[G] [D] And be them on [G] your dreams.
The [D] one they pick is the one [A] you'll know by.
[D] Don't you ever ask [G] them why if they told you [D] you would cry.
So just look at them [Bm] and sigh.
[G]
[A] I know [D] they love you, yes they [G] do.
[D]
[A] [D]
[G]
[D]
[A]
[D]
You, who are on [G] the road.
It [A] was basically a song I wrote, you know, and finished here in my early days in America.
But [Bb] my original [D] way I did it was kind of like Henry VIII, you know, hello, [G] here we are [E] on
the road to you.
[A] Yes, yes, [Am] yes.
Right.
And still sorry and he went, [D] wait a second.
[A] First of all, that's a very interesting melody and really good [D] words, but don't ever play
it like that again.
[G] You have to play it like this.
And it was Stephen that put [D] that country kind of feel to it.
[A] And so now that we've [Em] got the rhythm and the [A] heartbeat of the song itself, that demands
how it was recorded.
And it was [D] recorded with just Stephen's acoustic [G] guitar, my acoustic guitar, Dallas Taylor
on [D] [A] tambourine, [D] Stephen overdubbing the bass.
We need a [A] solo.
But it's kind of country-ish and Stephen, you know, and David [D] were friends with Jerry
[G] Garcia who were recording in the same studios, a complex of studios in [D] San Francisco.
And so we asked Jerry to [A] put [Bm] lead guitar on pedal steel, which I believe was the [Gm] first
time that he ever played pedal steel [Bbm] on guitar.
[D] I started teaching children in the last couple of weeks [G] that I spent with my previous [D] band,
The Hollies.
I'd been collecting [A] photographs for a while and shown them in galleries.
And I've never asked any gallery owner and tell them where to put images.
That's their job.
They know their gallery better than me.
One particular case, they had put a picture of one of the earliest [E] portraits I bought
[C] by Dion Albus of a boy in Central Park with a hand grenade.
[G] And next to it was an [D] Arnold Newman portrait of Krupp, who was [A] the German arms maker whose
family provided all the arms basically for both World War I [Gm] and World War II.
When I saw these two images together, I really began [D] to realize that if we don't teach our
kids a [Gm] better way of dealing [A] with ourselves, we're in deep trouble [G] here.
[D] And that's what was the impetus for me to finish [G] teaching children, particularly with
songs like Immigration Man [D] and Chicago and [A] Military Madness.
It's a thrill as a writer [D] that they've lasted so long in people's hearts, [G] but it's a pain
in the butt that we have to keep [D] singing Military Madness or Immigration Man.
I mean, haven't we learned yet?
[Bm] I mean, I'm a human being.
[Db] We have certain [Gm] responsibilities.
We have to [A] keep breathing.
[E] We certainly [D] can't stop [E] fighting for what we [G] believe in.
All the things that the hippies stood [A] for, and I still consider myself to be a hippie
in a way, [D] is that love is better than hatred and [Am] peace is better than war, and we have
to take care of ourselves because this is all we've got.
[D]
[G]
[D]
[A]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[A] [D] Oh, become [G] yourself because [D] the past is just [A] a goodbye.
[D] Teach your children [G] well, their [D] fathers tell, it's only [A] go by.
[D]
And be them on [G] your dreams.
The one [D] they pick is the one [A] you'll know by.
[D]
Don't you ever ask [G] them why if they told you [D] you would cry.
So just look at them [Bm] and sigh.
[G]
[D] I know they love you, yes they do, yes they [G] do.
[D]
[A]
[D] And can you hear of tender [G] years?
[C]
You [G] can [D] know the fears that your [A] elders grew by.
And [D] so please help them with [G] your youth.
Because they [D] seek the truth before they [A] can die.
[D] Teach your [G] parents well, because their [D] children's health will slowly [A] go by.
[G] [D] And be them on [G] your dreams.
The [D] one they pick is the one [A] you'll know by.
[D] Don't you ever ask [G] them why if they told you [D] you would cry.
So just look at them [Bm] and sigh.
[G]
[A] I know [D] they love you, yes they [G] do.
[D]
[A] [D]
Key:
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G
A
E
Bm
D
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ You, who are on [G] the road.
It [A] was basically a song I wrote, you know, and finished here in my early days in America.
But [Bb] my original [D] way I did it was kind of like Henry VIII, you know, hello, [G] here we are [E] on
the road to you.
[A] Yes, yes, [Am] yes.
Right.
And still sorry and he went, [D] wait a second.
_ [A] First of all, that's a very interesting melody and really good [D] words, but don't ever play
it like that again.
[G] You have to play it like this.
And it was Stephen that put [D] that country kind of feel to it.
[A] And so now that we've [Em] got the rhythm and the [A] heartbeat of the song itself, that demands
how it was recorded.
And it was [D] recorded with just Stephen's acoustic [G] guitar, my acoustic guitar, Dallas Taylor
on [D] [A] tambourine, [D] Stephen overdubbing the bass.
We need a [A] solo.
_ But it's kind of country-ish and Stephen, you know, and David [D] were friends with Jerry
[G] Garcia who were recording in the same studios, a complex of studios in [D] San Francisco.
And so we asked Jerry to [A] put [Bm] lead guitar on _ pedal steel, which I believe was the [Gm] first
time that he ever played pedal steel [Bbm] on guitar.
[D] I started teaching children in the last couple of weeks [G] that I spent with my _ previous [D] band,
The Hollies.
I'd been collecting [A] photographs for a while _ _ and shown them in galleries.
And I've never asked any gallery owner and tell them where to put images.
That's their job.
They know their gallery better than me.
One particular case, they had put a picture of one of the earliest [E] portraits I bought
[C] by Dion Albus of a boy in Central Park with a hand grenade.
[G] And next to it was an [D] Arnold Newman portrait of Krupp, who was [A] the German arms maker whose
family provided all the arms basically for both World War I [Gm] and World War II.
When I saw these two images together, I really began [D] to realize that if we don't teach our
kids a [Gm] better way of dealing [A] with ourselves, we're in deep trouble [G] here.
_ [D] And that's what was the impetus for me to finish [G] teaching children, particularly with
songs like Immigration Man [D] and Chicago and _ _ _ [A] Military Madness.
It's a thrill as a writer [D] that they've lasted so long in people's hearts, [G] but it's a pain
in the butt that we have to keep [D] singing Military Madness or Immigration Man.
I mean, haven't we learned yet?
[Bm] I mean, I'm a human being.
_ [Db] We have certain [Gm] responsibilities.
We have to [A] keep breathing.
_ _ [E] _ We certainly [D] can't stop [E] fighting for what we [G] believe in. _
All the things that the hippies stood [A] for, and I still consider myself to be a hippie
in a way, [D] is that love is better than hatred and [Am] peace is better than war, and we have
to take care of ourselves because this is all we've got.
[D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Oh, _ _ become _ [G] _ yourself _ because _ [D] the past _ _ is just [A] a goodbye.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Teach _ _ your children [G] _ well, _ their [D] fathers tell, _ _ _ it's only [A] go by.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
And be them on [G] your dreams.
_ The one [D] they pick _ is the one [A] you'll know by.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
Don't you ever ask [G] them why if they told you [D] you would cry.
So just look at them [Bm] and sigh.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ I know they _ love you, yes they do, yes they [G] do.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] And can you hear of tender [G] years?
[C]
You [G] _ can [D] know the fears _ _ _ that your [A] elders grew by.
_ And [D] so _ please help _ _ them with [G] your youth. _
_ Because they [D] seek the truth _ _ _ before they [A] can _ die.
_ _ _ [D] _ Teach _ your _ [G] parents well, _ _ because their [D] children's health _ _ _ will slowly [A] go by.
_ _ _ [G] [D] And be _ _ _ them on [G] your dreams.
_ _ The [D] one they pick _ _ is the one [A] you'll know by.
_ _ _ [D] _ Don't _ you ever ask [G] them why if they told you [D] you would cry.
So just look at them [Bm] and sigh.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ I know [D] they love you, yes they [G] do. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ You, who are on [G] the road.
It [A] was basically a song I wrote, you know, and finished here in my early days in America.
But [Bb] my original [D] way I did it was kind of like Henry VIII, you know, hello, [G] here we are [E] on
the road to you.
[A] Yes, yes, [Am] yes.
Right.
And still sorry and he went, [D] wait a second.
_ [A] First of all, that's a very interesting melody and really good [D] words, but don't ever play
it like that again.
[G] You have to play it like this.
And it was Stephen that put [D] that country kind of feel to it.
[A] And so now that we've [Em] got the rhythm and the [A] heartbeat of the song itself, that demands
how it was recorded.
And it was [D] recorded with just Stephen's acoustic [G] guitar, my acoustic guitar, Dallas Taylor
on [D] [A] tambourine, [D] Stephen overdubbing the bass.
We need a [A] solo.
_ But it's kind of country-ish and Stephen, you know, and David [D] were friends with Jerry
[G] Garcia who were recording in the same studios, a complex of studios in [D] San Francisco.
And so we asked Jerry to [A] put [Bm] lead guitar on _ pedal steel, which I believe was the [Gm] first
time that he ever played pedal steel [Bbm] on guitar.
[D] I started teaching children in the last couple of weeks [G] that I spent with my _ previous [D] band,
The Hollies.
I'd been collecting [A] photographs for a while _ _ and shown them in galleries.
And I've never asked any gallery owner and tell them where to put images.
That's their job.
They know their gallery better than me.
One particular case, they had put a picture of one of the earliest [E] portraits I bought
[C] by Dion Albus of a boy in Central Park with a hand grenade.
[G] And next to it was an [D] Arnold Newman portrait of Krupp, who was [A] the German arms maker whose
family provided all the arms basically for both World War I [Gm] and World War II.
When I saw these two images together, I really began [D] to realize that if we don't teach our
kids a [Gm] better way of dealing [A] with ourselves, we're in deep trouble [G] here.
_ [D] And that's what was the impetus for me to finish [G] teaching children, particularly with
songs like Immigration Man [D] and Chicago and _ _ _ [A] Military Madness.
It's a thrill as a writer [D] that they've lasted so long in people's hearts, [G] but it's a pain
in the butt that we have to keep [D] singing Military Madness or Immigration Man.
I mean, haven't we learned yet?
[Bm] I mean, I'm a human being.
_ [Db] We have certain [Gm] responsibilities.
We have to [A] keep breathing.
_ _ [E] _ We certainly [D] can't stop [E] fighting for what we [G] believe in. _
All the things that the hippies stood [A] for, and I still consider myself to be a hippie
in a way, [D] is that love is better than hatred and [Am] peace is better than war, and we have
to take care of ourselves because this is all we've got.
[D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Oh, _ _ become _ [G] _ yourself _ because _ [D] the past _ _ is just [A] a goodbye.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Teach _ _ your children [G] _ well, _ their [D] fathers tell, _ _ _ it's only [A] go by.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
And be them on [G] your dreams.
_ The one [D] they pick _ is the one [A] you'll know by.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
Don't you ever ask [G] them why if they told you [D] you would cry.
So just look at them [Bm] and sigh.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ I know they _ love you, yes they do, yes they [G] do.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] And can you hear of tender [G] years?
[C]
You [G] _ can [D] know the fears _ _ _ that your [A] elders grew by.
_ And [D] so _ please help _ _ them with [G] your youth. _
_ Because they [D] seek the truth _ _ _ before they [A] can _ die.
_ _ _ [D] _ Teach _ your _ [G] parents well, _ _ because their [D] children's health _ _ _ will slowly [A] go by.
_ _ _ [G] [D] And be _ _ _ them on [G] your dreams.
_ _ The [D] one they pick _ _ is the one [A] you'll know by.
_ _ _ [D] _ Don't _ you ever ask [G] them why if they told you [D] you would cry.
So just look at them [Bm] and sigh.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ I know [D] they love you, yes they [G] do. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _