The Stanley Brothers - Rank stranger

^GI wandered again to my ^D7home in the ^Gmountains Where in youths' early dawn I was ^Ahappy and ^D7free ^{A D7 D7}I looked for my ^Gfriends but ^D7I never could ^Gfind them ^GI found they were all rank ^D7strangers to ^Gme. ^{C G}

^GEver'body I met (RESPONSE: ever'body I met) Seemed to ^Cbe a rank ^Gstranger (seemed to be a rank stranger) ^GNo mother or dad (no mother or dad) ... Not a ^Afriend could I ^D7see (not a^A friend could I^D7 see) They knew not my ^Gname (they knew not my name) And I ^D7knew not their ^Gfaces (and I knew not their faces) ^GI found they were all (I found they were all) Rank ^D7strangers to ^Gme (rank ^Cstrangers to ^Gme).

^G"They've all moved away" - said the ^Dvoice of a ^Gstranger ^G"To a beautiful home - by the ^Abright crystal ^Dsea" ^{A D D}Some beautiful ^Gday - I'll ^Dmeet 'em in ^Gheaven Where no one will be - a ^D7stranger to ^Gme. ^{C G}

^GEver'body I met (RESPONSE: ever'body I met) Seemed to ^Cbe a rank ^Gstranger (seemed to be a rank stranger) ^GNo mother or dad (no mother or dad) ... Not a ^Afriend could I ^D7see (not a^A friend could I^D7 see) They knew not my ^Gname (they knew not my name) And I ^D7knew not their ^Gfaces (and I knew not their faces) ^GI found they were all (I found they were all) Rank ^D7strangers to ^Gme (rank ^Cstrangers to ^Gme).