Rank Stranger chords by Ricky Skaggs (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Verse 1
F 
I wandered a (F major) gain
C 
F 
to my  (C major) home in the  (F major) mountains
Where in youth's early dawn
C 
I was happy and  (C major) free
F 
I looked for my  (F major) friends,
but I never could find them
F 
I found they were  (F major) all
C 
F 
Bb 
F 
rank  (C major) strangers to  (F major) me  (B flat major)  (F major) 

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Chorus 1
F 
Everybody I  (F major) met (everybody I met)
Seemed to be a rank stranger
(seemed to be a rank stranger)
F 
 (F major) No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)
C 
Not a friend could I  (C major) see
Gm7 
C 
(not a  (G minor7) friend could I  (C major) see)
C7 
F 
They  (C7) knew not my  (F major) name
(they knew not my name)
C 
F 
And I  (C major) knew not their  (F major) faces
(and I knew not their faces)
I found they were all (I found they were all)
C 
Rank  (C major) strangers to me
Bb 
F 
(rank  (B flat major) strangers to  (F major) me)

Interlude 1

Verse 2
F 
"They've all moved a (F major) way,"
C 
F 
said the  (C major) voice of a  (F major) stranger
"To a beautiful land
C 
by the bright crystal  (C major) sea"
F 
Some beautiful  (F major) day
I'll meet 'em in heaven
F 
C 
F 
Bb 
F 
Where no one will  (F major) be a  (C major) stranger to  (F major) me  (B flat major)  (F major) 

Chorus 2
F 
Everybody I  (F major) met (everybody I met)
Seemed to be a rank stranger
(seemed to be a rank stranger)
F 
 (F major) No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)
C 
Not a friend could I  (C major) see
Gm7 
C 
(not a  (G minor7) friend could I  (C major) see)
C7 
F 
They  (C7) knew not my  (F major) name
(they knew not my name)
C 
F 
And I  (C major) knew not their  (F major) faces
(and I knew not their faces)
I found they were all (I found they were all)
C 
Rank  (C major) strangers to me
Bb 
F 
(rank  (B flat major) strangers to  (F major) me)

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: F majorBPM: 77

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Gm7: 3-5-3-3-3-3
C7: x-3-2-3-1-x

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the definitive original version of Rank Stranger by Ricky Skaggs, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F major. It suits players who want to learn Rank Stranger the way Ricky Skaggs intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.