Chords for Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Beginner Guitar Lessons
Tempo:
74.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey there little ones, your Guitar Sage.
Today we're going to learn how to play Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
It is a really simple tune and I'm just going to jump into it right away.
I won't play the whole tune of course, but I'll play each part, verse, chorus and that sort of thing.
I'm looking at my chart here on my screen so I'll be referring to that.
Any of the techniques and what have you that we're talking about today in this video,
if you're a real newbie and you don't get some of the concepts, how to hold the chords, how to strum, things like that,
check out YourGuitarSage.com and I've got a great instructional e-book there that will help you with all this stuff.
They all support these videos that I do.
And two, I'll show you how to get a hold of the chart.
So instead of always having to write down these chords here, you'll have the charts.
Here we go.
I'm going to jump into it right away and then we'll talk about all of this.
[G] [D] So this is the intro.
[A] [D] This is the verse.
[A] The verse [F] plays that four times, that basic part through.
We'll talk about the chord structure here in just a second.
I just want you to hear it too.
[D] So the chorus is going to go
[G]
[D] [Bm]
[D] [A] [D]
[Abm] Okay, so
[E] Really, that is the entire tune.
Okay, let's talk about the chords.
Really, it just does this D, G, D, A thing the whole time, except for in the chorus we do D, G, D, B minor,
and then a split [Abm] measure of G, A.
So here we go.
Let's talk about it.
First off, [D] the chords you're going to need for this tune are D, [G] G, [A] A, and
[Bm] That's it.
Unfortunately, there's a bar chord in this.
[E] Okay, so the [N] intro and the verse are going to do this motif.
A motif is a musical idea, a repeated musical idea.
And so here it's teacher children.
It does a measure of D.
First off, this song's in four, so one, two, three, [D] four.
One, two
[E] D for a [D] measure, G for a measure, [G] E for a measure, [D]
A for a measure, [A] and that would be the intro.
Here's the verse, same [D] thing.
D for a measure, [G] G, D, [D]
A.
[A] Okay, and the chorus is [D] D, G, [G] D, [D]
measure of B minor, [Bm] and then a [G] G, A.
[A] So again, it's a [G] measure of D, measure of G, measure [Bm] of D, measure of B minor,
and then a split measure of G, A.
[G] So one, two, [A] three, [D] four, G, A.
And it doesn't hang on that D, [G] it goes straight back into the turnaround,
or that motif that we were talking about, which is D, [G] G, [D] D.
[A] Now, the rhythm structure on this is going to be like
[D]
[Gb] Okay, I'm going to break that down.
It's going to go
[D]
[Bb]
Okay.
Okay, [G]
[D] [A]
so if you're new to this [N] sort of strumming, check out my video on strumming,
and check out that e-book.
I've got a whole battery of strumming techniques that you can use
that will really help you out with this.
But let's break it down.
Slowly, it's going to do this.
Just grab one chord and go
[D]
Okay, and [B] that's how you want to practice this rhythm.
You can't just throw all these chords in together and practice this rhythm at the same time
if you're not used to doing that, okay?
One thing at a time.
Maybe just learn the chords like I was doing before, like
[G] You know, learning like that, and then do the strumming.
Okay, kids.
That's going to be it for today on this one.
Check out YourGuitarStage.com if you haven't already, and hit subscribe.
And by all means, go practice.
See ya.
Today we're going to learn how to play Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
It is a really simple tune and I'm just going to jump into it right away.
I won't play the whole tune of course, but I'll play each part, verse, chorus and that sort of thing.
I'm looking at my chart here on my screen so I'll be referring to that.
Any of the techniques and what have you that we're talking about today in this video,
if you're a real newbie and you don't get some of the concepts, how to hold the chords, how to strum, things like that,
check out YourGuitarSage.com and I've got a great instructional e-book there that will help you with all this stuff.
They all support these videos that I do.
And two, I'll show you how to get a hold of the chart.
So instead of always having to write down these chords here, you'll have the charts.
Here we go.
I'm going to jump into it right away and then we'll talk about all of this.
[G] [D] So this is the intro.
[A] [D] This is the verse.
[A] The verse [F] plays that four times, that basic part through.
We'll talk about the chord structure here in just a second.
I just want you to hear it too.
[D] So the chorus is going to go
[G]
[D] [Bm]
[D] [A] [D]
[Abm] Okay, so
[E] Really, that is the entire tune.
Okay, let's talk about the chords.
Really, it just does this D, G, D, A thing the whole time, except for in the chorus we do D, G, D, B minor,
and then a split [Abm] measure of G, A.
So here we go.
Let's talk about it.
First off, [D] the chords you're going to need for this tune are D, [G] G, [A] A, and
[Bm] That's it.
Unfortunately, there's a bar chord in this.
[E] Okay, so the [N] intro and the verse are going to do this motif.
A motif is a musical idea, a repeated musical idea.
And so here it's teacher children.
It does a measure of D.
First off, this song's in four, so one, two, three, [D] four.
One, two
[E] D for a [D] measure, G for a measure, [G] E for a measure, [D]
A for a measure, [A] and that would be the intro.
Here's the verse, same [D] thing.
D for a measure, [G] G, D, [D]
A.
[A] Okay, and the chorus is [D] D, G, [G] D, [D]
measure of B minor, [Bm] and then a [G] G, A.
[A] So again, it's a [G] measure of D, measure of G, measure [Bm] of D, measure of B minor,
and then a split measure of G, A.
[G] So one, two, [A] three, [D] four, G, A.
And it doesn't hang on that D, [G] it goes straight back into the turnaround,
or that motif that we were talking about, which is D, [G] G, [D] D.
[A] Now, the rhythm structure on this is going to be like
[D]
[Gb] Okay, I'm going to break that down.
It's going to go
[D]
[Bb]
Okay.
Okay, [G]
[D] [A]
so if you're new to this [N] sort of strumming, check out my video on strumming,
and check out that e-book.
I've got a whole battery of strumming techniques that you can use
that will really help you out with this.
But let's break it down.
Slowly, it's going to do this.
Just grab one chord and go
[D]
Okay, and [B] that's how you want to practice this rhythm.
You can't just throw all these chords in together and practice this rhythm at the same time
if you're not used to doing that, okay?
One thing at a time.
Maybe just learn the chords like I was doing before, like
[G] You know, learning like that, and then do the strumming.
Okay, kids.
That's going to be it for today on this one.
Check out YourGuitarStage.com if you haven't already, and hit subscribe.
And by all means, go practice.
See ya.
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
E
D
G
A
Hey there little ones, your Guitar Sage.
Today we're going to learn how to play Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
It is a really simple tune and I'm just going to jump into it right away.
I won't play the whole tune of course, but I'll play each part, verse, chorus and that sort of thing.
I'm looking at my chart here on my screen so I'll be referring to that.
Any of the techniques and what have you that we're talking about today in this video,
if you're a real newbie and you don't get some of the concepts, how to hold the chords, how to strum, things like that,
check out YourGuitarSage.com and I've got a great instructional e-book there that will help you with all this stuff.
They all support these videos that I do.
And two, I'll show you how to get a hold of the chart.
So instead of always having to write down these chords here, you'll have the charts.
Here we go.
I'm going to jump into it right away and then we'll talk about all of this. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] So this is the intro.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] This is the verse. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ The verse [F] plays that four times, that basic part through.
We'll talk about the chord structure here in just a second.
I just want you to hear it too.
[D] So the chorus is going to go_
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Abm] Okay, so_
_ [E] _ Really, that is the entire tune.
Okay, let's talk about the chords.
Really, it just does this D, G, D, A thing the whole time, except for in the chorus we do D, G, D, B minor,
and then a split [Abm] measure of G, A.
So here we go.
Let's talk about it.
First off, [D] the chords you're going to need for this tune are D, [G] G, [A] A, _ and_
[Bm] _ _ That's it.
Unfortunately, there's a bar chord in this. _
_ [E] Okay, so the _ [N] intro and the verse are going to do this motif.
A motif is a musical idea, a repeated musical idea.
And so here it's _ teacher children.
It does a measure of D.
First off, this song's in four, so one, two, three, [D] four.
One, two_
_ _ [E] _ _ D for a [D] measure, _ G for a measure, [G] _ E for a measure, [D] _
A for a measure, [A] _ and that would be the intro.
Here's the verse, same [D] thing.
D for a measure, [G] G, _ D, [D] _ _
A.
[A] _ Okay, and the chorus is [D] D, _ G, [G] _ _ D, [D] _
measure of B minor, [Bm] _ _ and then a [G] G, A. _
[A] _ _ So again, it's a [G] measure of D, measure of G, measure [Bm] of D, measure of B minor,
and then a split measure of G, A.
[G] So one, two, [A] three, [D] four, G, A.
And it doesn't hang on that D, [G] it goes straight back into the turnaround,
or that motif that we were talking about, which is D, _ _ [G] G, _ [D] D.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Now, the rhythm structure on this is going to be like_
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] Okay, I'm going to break that down.
It's going to go_
[D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ Okay.
Okay, [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
so if you're new to this [N] sort of strumming, check out my video on strumming,
and check out that e-book.
I've got a whole battery of strumming techniques that you can use
that will really help you out with this.
But let's break it down.
Slowly, it's going to do this.
Just grab one chord and go_
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Okay, and [B] that's how you want to practice this rhythm.
You can't just throw all these chords in together and practice this rhythm at the same time
if you're not used to doing that, okay?
One thing at a time.
Maybe just learn the chords like I was doing before, like_
_ [G] You know, learning like that, and then do the strumming.
Okay, kids.
That's going to be it for today on this one.
Check out YourGuitarStage.com if you haven't already, and hit subscribe.
And by all means, go practice.
See ya.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Today we're going to learn how to play Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
It is a really simple tune and I'm just going to jump into it right away.
I won't play the whole tune of course, but I'll play each part, verse, chorus and that sort of thing.
I'm looking at my chart here on my screen so I'll be referring to that.
Any of the techniques and what have you that we're talking about today in this video,
if you're a real newbie and you don't get some of the concepts, how to hold the chords, how to strum, things like that,
check out YourGuitarSage.com and I've got a great instructional e-book there that will help you with all this stuff.
They all support these videos that I do.
And two, I'll show you how to get a hold of the chart.
So instead of always having to write down these chords here, you'll have the charts.
Here we go.
I'm going to jump into it right away and then we'll talk about all of this. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] So this is the intro.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] This is the verse. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ The verse [F] plays that four times, that basic part through.
We'll talk about the chord structure here in just a second.
I just want you to hear it too.
[D] So the chorus is going to go_
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Abm] Okay, so_
_ [E] _ Really, that is the entire tune.
Okay, let's talk about the chords.
Really, it just does this D, G, D, A thing the whole time, except for in the chorus we do D, G, D, B minor,
and then a split [Abm] measure of G, A.
So here we go.
Let's talk about it.
First off, [D] the chords you're going to need for this tune are D, [G] G, [A] A, _ and_
[Bm] _ _ That's it.
Unfortunately, there's a bar chord in this. _
_ [E] Okay, so the _ [N] intro and the verse are going to do this motif.
A motif is a musical idea, a repeated musical idea.
And so here it's _ teacher children.
It does a measure of D.
First off, this song's in four, so one, two, three, [D] four.
One, two_
_ _ [E] _ _ D for a [D] measure, _ G for a measure, [G] _ E for a measure, [D] _
A for a measure, [A] _ and that would be the intro.
Here's the verse, same [D] thing.
D for a measure, [G] G, _ D, [D] _ _
A.
[A] _ Okay, and the chorus is [D] D, _ G, [G] _ _ D, [D] _
measure of B minor, [Bm] _ _ and then a [G] G, A. _
[A] _ _ So again, it's a [G] measure of D, measure of G, measure [Bm] of D, measure of B minor,
and then a split measure of G, A.
[G] So one, two, [A] three, [D] four, G, A.
And it doesn't hang on that D, [G] it goes straight back into the turnaround,
or that motif that we were talking about, which is D, _ _ [G] G, _ [D] D.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Now, the rhythm structure on this is going to be like_
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] Okay, I'm going to break that down.
It's going to go_
[D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ Okay.
Okay, [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
so if you're new to this [N] sort of strumming, check out my video on strumming,
and check out that e-book.
I've got a whole battery of strumming techniques that you can use
that will really help you out with this.
But let's break it down.
Slowly, it's going to do this.
Just grab one chord and go_
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Okay, and [B] that's how you want to practice this rhythm.
You can't just throw all these chords in together and practice this rhythm at the same time
if you're not used to doing that, okay?
One thing at a time.
Maybe just learn the chords like I was doing before, like_
_ [G] You know, learning like that, and then do the strumming.
Okay, kids.
That's going to be it for today on this one.
Check out YourGuitarStage.com if you haven't already, and hit subscribe.
And by all means, go practice.
See ya.
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