Rank Strangers: Stanley Brothers
Chorded/Tabbed by Gary W, 28 Sept 2006
Capo 2nd Fret
Intro:
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..(D)................................................(A7).(D)...(G)....(D)
(D) I wandered again - to my (A7) home in the (D) mountains
Where in youths' early dawn - I was happy and (A7) free (E) (A7)
I looked for my (D) friends - but I (A7) never could (D) find them
I found they were all - rank (A7) strangers to (D) me (G) (D)
(D) Ever'body I met (ever'body I met)
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)
No mother or dad (no mother or dad) ...
Not a friend could I (A7) see (not a (E) friend could I (A7) see)
They knew not my (D) name (they knew not my name)
And I (A7) knew not their (D) faces (and I knew not their faces)
I found they were all (I found they were all)
Rank (A7) strangers to (D) me
(Break –same as Intro)
(D) "They've all moved away" said the (A7) voice of a stranger
"To a beautiful home, by the bright crystal (A7) sea (E) (A7)
"Some beautiful (D) day - I'll (A7) meet 'em in (D) heaven
Where no one will be, a (A7) stranger to (D) me (G) (D)
(D) Ever'body I met (ever'body I met)
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)
No mother or dad (no mother or dad) ...
Not a friend could I (A7) see (not a (E) friend could I (A7) see)
They knew not my (D) name (they knew not my name)
And I (A7) knew not their (D) faces (and I knew not their faces)
I found they were all (I found they were all)
Rank (A7) strangers to (D) me
[Thanks to Gary Willett for tabs]