Rank Stranger chords by The Stanley Brothers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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