[INTRO]
[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 good-bye.
[Chorus]
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.

[Bridge]
D G D
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
Bm G A
So just look at them and sigh
D G A D
and know they love you.

[Verse 2]
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.

[Chorus]
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.
[Outro]
D G D
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
Bm G A
So just look at them and sigh
D G A D
and know they love you.