Rank Stranger Chords

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The break is the full verse. Singers could be ritard at the final chorus/line and instruments come back to the break at tempo. The great Alfred Brumley, Sr. wrote this and it was bluegrassed up by The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys. I heard it first from Ricky Skaggs, he plays a killer mandolin part.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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[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
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Rank Stranger – The Stanley Brothers

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