D                              D 
Notes in intro A G F#  D C# D  A G F E D C D 
 
 
A                                      D 
With his head out the sunroof, and his heart in the right place 
A                         D 
Plan B was foolproof, he drove off to her place. 
G                        Bm 
Yelled out his feelings, among other stuff 
C                D            A         D 
It was too much tequila, or not quite enough. 
C                D           A        D 
It was too much tequila, or not quite enough. 
 

G                   D     A          D 
Its a semi-true story, believe it or not. 
G            D                      D   D/C# D/B D 
I made up a few things and there's some I    for-got. 
G                     D          A            D/B 
But the life and the tellin' are both real to me 
C                     G         G         A 
And they all run together and turn out to be, 
G            D 
A semi true story  
 
Intro with notes 
A G F#  D C# D  A G F E D C D 
Well the picture is fuzzy and the details are sordid. 

It was on the same day "God's Own Drunk" was recorded. 

A walkin' tall sheriff and big cadillac,  

And me in my golf shoes on the hood makin' tracks, 

This darin' young singer was under attack. 
 
Chorus 
G                   D     A          D 
Its a semi-true story, believe it or not. 
G            D                      D   D/C# D/B D 
I made up a few things and there's some I    for-got. 
G                     D          A            D/B 
But the life and the tellin' are both real to me 
C                     G         G         A 
And they all run together and turn out to be, 
G            D 
A semi true story 
 
Bridge 
 

F                                                                         G 
Well the things That I've lived and I've dreamed and I've seen, and I've heard 
F                                                             D 
You take the good with the bad and be glad to have every word 
 
Last Chorus 
G                   D     A          D 
Its a semi-true story, believe it or not. 
G                D                  D   D/C# D/B D 
I made up a few things and there's some I    for-got. 
G                     D          A            D/B 
But the life and the tellin' are both real to me 
C                     G             G           A 
And they run like the rain all the way to the sea, 
G            D 
A semi true story --- Outro same as Intro (twice)