Rank Stranger chords by The Stanley Brothers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
G           D7     G
I wandered again to my home in the mountains
                 A     D7  A D7
Where in youths' early dawn I was happy and free
D7       G      D7      G
I looked for my friends but I never could find them
G             D7      G  C  G
I found they were all rank strangers to me.

Chorus:
G
Ever'body I met (RESPONSE: ever'body I met)
     C     G
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)
G

No mother or dad (no mother or dad) ...
   A       D7    A       D7
Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)
         G
They knew not my name (they knew not my name)
   D7       G
And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)
G
I found they were all (I found they were all)
   D7      G    C       G
Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me).

Break:
G D7 G A D7 A D7 G D7 G D7 G C G

Verse 2:
G                  D     G
"They've all moved away" - said the voice of a stranger
G               A       D   A D
"To a beautiful home - by the bright crystal sea"
D       G     D      G
Some beautiful day - I'll meet 'em in heaven
             D7     G  C G
Where no one will be - a stranger to me.

Chorus:
G
Ever'body I met (RESPONSE: ever'body I met)
     C     G
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)
G
No mother or dad (no mother or dad) ...
   A       D7    A       D7
Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)
         G
They knew not my name (they knew not my name)
   D7       G
And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)
G
I found they were all (I found they were all)
   D7      G    C       G
Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me).

Outro:
G D7 G A D7 A D7 G D7 G D7 G C G