The Rank Stranger

E A A E
A B B E
E E A E


[Verse 1]
E
I wandered again to my home in the mountains
E                                           B7
Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and free
E                             A           E
I looked for my friends but I never could find them
E                          B            E
I found they were all rank strangers to me


[Chorus]
E
Everybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger
                                      B
No mother or dad not a friend could I see
E                A                         E
They knew not my name and I knew not their faces
E                     B                 E
I found they were all rank strangers to me


[Instrumental]
E  E A  E
E  E A  B7
E  E A  E
E  E B7 E


[Verse 2]
E
Now they've all moved away said the voice of a stranger
E                        A              B
To a beautiful home by a bright crystal sea
E                 A                   E
And some day I'll meet them all up in Heaven
E                      B                E
Where no one will be a rank stranger to me


[Chorus]
E
Everybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger
                                      B
No mother or dad not a friend could I see
E                A                         E
They knew not my name and I knew not their faces
E                     B                 E
I found they were all rank strangers to me


[Outro]
E    B7           E   E
Rank strangers to me
(Long Guitar Chord for the last E)