Rank Stranger

Stanley Brothers

Key: G# −1 +1 Reset (G)
A Bb B C C# D Eb E F F# G G#
 I wandered G#again to my Ebhome in the G#mountains
 Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and Bbfree   Eb 
 I looked for my G#friends, but I Ebnever could G#find them
 I found they were all rank Ebstrangers to G#me

Everybody I met (everybody I met)

 Seemed to C#be a rank G#stranger (seemed to C#be a rank G#stranger)

No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)

 Not a friend could I Bbsee (not a friend could I Ebsee)
 They knew not my G#name (they knew not my name)
 And I Ebknew not their G#faces (and I Ebknew not their G#faces)

I found they were all (I found they were all)

 Rank strangers Ebto G#me (rank Ebstrangers to G#me)

"They've all moved away, " said the voice of a stranger

"To a beautiful land by the bright crystal sea"

Some beautiful day I'll meet 'em in heaven

Where no one will be a stranger to me