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Rank Strangers to Me Banjo Tabs

The Stanley Brothers

Rank Strangers to Me Banjo Tablature: One Song, Many Styles

Recomended level: Beginner

Tags: #melody, #waltz

Though most commonly associated with the legendary Stanley Brothers version, "Rank Strangers" was actually penned by the same man who wrote "I'll Fly Away" and "Turn your Radio On": Albert E. Brumley, Sr. It is typically played with sparse instrumentation, meaning no banjo, but don't let that stop you from learning this classic tune!

Learn how to play Rank Strangers to Me on Banjo with this selection of tablatures:

  • Banjo Rank Strangers to Me Melody

    Melody

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      D
    • Tempo
      80 bpm
    • Tuning
      aDGBD

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  • Banjo Rank Strangers to Me Vamping

    Vamping

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      D
    • Tempo
      80 bpm
    • Tuning
      aDGBD

    This is a basic vamping arrangement will help you backup yourself or another singer with simple repeating rhythm patterns and chord shapes. There's a classic instrumental into, but ...

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  • Banjo Rank Strangers to Me Scruggs Style

    Scruggs Style

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      D
    • Tempo
      70 bpm
    • Tuning
      aDGBD

    This arrangement is based on the melody . Make sure to check that out before jumping into this one. Some rolls and chordal playing is added in to get a nice banjo version of this tu...

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Rank Strangers to Me lyrics

I wandered again to my home in the mountains

Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and free

I looked for my friends but I never could find them

I found they were all rank strangers to me



Everybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger

No mother or dad not a friend could I see

They knew not my name and I knew not their faces

I found they were all rank strangers to me.



Now they've all moved away said the voice of a stranger

To a beautiful home by a bright crystal sea

And some day I'll meet them all up in Heaven

Where no one will be a rank stranger to me.



Everybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger

No mother or dad not a friend could I see

They knew not my name and I knew not their faces

I found they were all rank strangers to me.