[Intro: ](F C G) (4x)

verse 1 

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 


[Refrão]


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) (4x) 

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" 

  


[Refrão]
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!" 

 

[Refrão]

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?