Rank Stranger

Albert E. Brumley

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1

G                                  D
I wandered again to my home in the mountains
G                                           D
Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and free
G                                          D
I looked for my friends, but I never could find them
G                 D                     G
I found they were all rank strangers to me

Chorus

G
Everybody I met (x2)
C                   G
Seemed to be a rank stranger (x2)
G
No mother nor dad (x2)
A                    D
Not a friend could I see (x2)
G                                C              G
They knew not my name (x2) And I knew not their faces
G                               D            G
I found they were all (x2) Rank strangers to me (x2)

Verse 2

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