Biography:
Ricky Skaggs (born July 18, 1954 in Lawrence County, Kentucky) is a 14 time Grammy Winner and a country and bluegrass star, singer, musician, producer, and composer.
Skaggs's music career began in 1970 when he joined Ralph Stanley's bluegrass band, the Clinch Mountain Boys. He plays mandolin, fiddle, guitar and banjo. For a few years, Skaggs was a member of Emmylou Harris's "Hot Band". He wrote the arrangements for Harris's bluegrass-roots album, Roses in the Snow.
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Rank Strangers
as performed by Ricky Skaggs
written by Alfred E. Brumley Sr. [3/4 time]
transcribed by Ed Yaekle
verse 1:
G7 C G7 C
I wandered again to my home in the mountains
C F C D7 G7
Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and free
G7 C G7 C
I looked for my friends, but I never could find them
C F C G7 C
I found they were all rank strangers to me
chours:
G7 C
Everybody I met (everybody I met)
C F C
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)
C G7 C
No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)
C D7 G7
Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)
G7 C
They knew not my name (they knew not my name)
C G7 C
And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)
C F C
I found they were all (I found they were all)
C G7 C
Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me)
verse 2:
G7 C G7 C
"They've all moved away," said the voice of a stranger
C F C D7 G7
"To a beautiful land by the bright crystal sea"
G7 C G7 C
Some beautiful day I'll meet 'em in heaven
C F C G7 C
Where no one will be a stranger to me
chours:
G7 C
Everybody I met (everybody I met)
C F C
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)
C G7 C
No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)
C D7 G7
Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)
G7 C
They knew not my name (they knew not my name)
C G7 C
And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)
C F C
I found they were all (I found they were all)
C G7 C
Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me)
capo or use transpose it down a couple steps, to your preference
as performed by Ricky Skaggs
written by Alfred E. Brumley Sr. [3/4 time]
transcribed by Ed Yaekle
verse 1:
G7 C G7 C
I wandered again to my home in the mountains
C F C D7 G7
Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and free
G7 C G7 C
I looked for my friends, but I never could find them
C F C G7 C
I found they were all rank strangers to me
chours:
G7 C
Everybody I met (everybody I met)
C F C
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)
C G7 C
No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)
C D7 G7
Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)
G7 C
They knew not my name (they knew not my name)
C G7 C
And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)
C F C
I found they were all (I found they were all)
C G7 C
Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me)
verse 2:
G7 C G7 C
"They've all moved away," said the voice of a stranger
C F C D7 G7
"To a beautiful land by the bright crystal sea"
G7 C G7 C
Some beautiful day I'll meet 'em in heaven
C F C G7 C
Where no one will be a stranger to me
chours:
G7 C
Everybody I met (everybody I met)
C F C
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)
C G7 C
No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)
C D7 G7
Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)
G7 C
They knew not my name (they knew not my name)
C G7 C
And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)
C F C
I found they were all (I found they were all)
C G7 C
Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me)
capo or use transpose it down a couple steps, to your preference
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