Rank Strangers

Ricky Skaggs

Written by Alfred E. Brumley Sr.

Key of G · Chords: I IV V VII

Verse 1

C                      G7          C
I wandered again to my home in the mountains
                                  D7        G7
Where in youths' early dawn I was happy and free
                C           G7            C
I looked for my friends but I never could find them
                           G7           C
I found they were all rank strangers to me

Verse 2

Everybody I met (everybody I met)
          F         C
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)

Verse 3

No mother or dad (no mother or dad)
      D7           G7         D7             G7
Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)

Verse 4

                 C
They knew not my name (they knew not my name)
      G7             C
And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)

Verse 5

I found they were all (I found they were all)
     G7           C        F         C
Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me)

Verse 6

C                           G7             C
They've all moved away said the voice of a stranger
                           D7             G7
To a beautiful home by the bright crystal sea
               C             G7      C
Some beautiful day I'll meet them in heaven
                       G7          C
Where no one will be a stranger to me

Verse 2

Everybody I met (everybody I met)
          F         C
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)