Rank Stranger

Stanley Brothers

Key: Eb −1 +1 Reset (G)
A Bb B C C# D Eb E F F# G G#
 I wandered Ebagain to my Bbhome in the Ebmountains
 Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and Ffree   Bb 
 I looked for my Ebfriends, but I Bbnever could Ebfind them
 I found they were all rank Bbstrangers to Ebme

Everybody I met (everybody I met)

 Seemed to G#be a rank Ebstranger (seemed to G#be a rank Ebstranger)

No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)

 Not a friend could I Fsee (not a friend could I Bbsee)
 They knew not my Ebname (they knew not my name)
 And I Bbknew not their Ebfaces (and I Bbknew not their Ebfaces)

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

 Rank strangers Bbto Ebme (rank Bbstrangers to Ebme)

"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