F            C                G
Out on the road for the first time
F        C                G
A virgin running to the sun
F                C                G
Thinkin' about my folks out in a world so far from mine
F           C                G
Worrying about their eldest son

VERSE 2

F            C       G
And they're asking me, "How will you survive boy?"
F         C              G
And I say that I'll get by
F            C          G
And they say to me, "Don't forget to write boy"
F                           C                G
And I say "When I have the time you know I will try

CHORUS

F           C     G
'Cause I'm a loner
F      C  G
I'm a loner, yeah
F            C G
I'm a loner
F            C                G
Won't you please leave me alone?
(F C G)x4

VERSE 3

F            C           G
As time went by I finally had a chance to visit
F       C                G
Almost wished I hadn't come
F       C                G
We sat down to eat, the questions started coming
F    C               G
Interrogation had begun

VERSE 4

F               C        G
And they were asking me, "Where'd you get that tan, boy?"
F            C                  G
And I say, "Out the beaches of life"
F               C   G
And they say to me, "Why don't you get hitched boy?"
F            C                   G
And I say, "The last thing I need is a wife"

VERSE 5

F                  C        G
And they would say to me, "Better go to school boy"
F            C                G
And I say, "When it's my time I'll know
F            C         G
And they're asking me, "What if you get drafted?"
F            C                G
And I say, "If that's the case then I won't go, no"

CHORUS 

F           C     G
'Cause I'm a loner
F      C  G
I'm a loner, yeah
F            C G
I'm a loner
F            C                G
Won't you please leave me alone?
(F C G)x42 (no that is not a typo, it's just a very long solo)

VERSE 6 

F                    C          G
And they say to me, "You don't need three dogs boy"
F            C                G
And I say, "We all need a friend"
F            C        G
And they're asking me, "Don't they give you hard times?"
F            C          G
And I say "Yeah, but they'll be there in the end"

VERSE 7

F            C        G
And they're asking me, "Why you look like Jesus?"
F       C                G
And I say, "It ain't because I try"
F            C                G
But when they asking me, "How much do you party?'
F                 C            G
I say "I just like to get high, and high, and high, and higher!"

CHORUS

F           C     G
'Cause I'm a loner
F      C  G
I'm a loner, yeah
F            C G
I'm a stoner
F            C                G
Won't you please leave me alone?