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
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
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)