Tuning: E A D G B E

The Rank Stranger by The Stanley Brothers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I16YOPmmZbs Copyright reverts to the original copyright holders Music and Lyrics composed by Albert E. Brumley Standard Tuning Key: E [Intro Guitar] E A A E A B B E E E A E [Verse 1]

^EI wandered again to my home in the mountains ^EWhere in youth's early dawn I was happy and ^B7free ^EI looked for my friends but I ^Anever could ^Efind them ^EI found they were all rank ^Bstrangers to ^Eme

[Chorus]

^EEverybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger No mother or dad not a friend could I ^Bsee ^EThey knew not my ^Aname and I knew not their ^Efaces ^EI found they were all ^Brank strangers to ^Eme

[Instrumental] E E A E E E A B7 E E A E E E B7 E [Verse 2]

^ENow they've all moved away said the voice of a stranger ^ETo a beautiful home by a ^Abright crystal ^Bsea ^EAnd some day I'll ^Ameet them all up in ^EHeaven ^EWhere no one will be a ^Brank stranger to ^Eme

[Chorus]

^EEverybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger No mother or dad not a friend could I ^Bsee ^EThey knew not my ^Aname and I knew not their ^Efaces ^EI found they were all ^Brank strangers to ^Eme

[Outro]

^ERank ^B7strangers to ^Eme ^E (Long Guitar Chord for the last E)

The Stanley Brothers - The rank stranger