Notorious [G] - Confederate Railroad [Verse 1] [G] Riding North on Interstate 75 With a nervous fading beauty sitting by his side [C] And a pistol that he used to [G] pave the way Down the long black stretches of a [D] dark highway [Verse 2] [G] Ray bought his future with a pound of lead When he robbed a liquor store and left the clerk for dead [C] That kid should have put the money [G] in the sack But he didn't and now there ain't no [D] turning back |[Chorus 1] |He's a [C] desperate rider, he's a [G] Jesse James |The [C] best that he could hope for is a [G] household name |There [C] ain't nobody that a [G] man can trust |When [D] all his headlines read, [G] notorious |There [C] ain't nobody that a [G] man can trust |When [D] all his headlines read, [G] notorious [Verse 3] [G] They pulled out of Soddy Daisy 'bout twelve o'clock Took the heatstroke with the lights off to avoid the road block [C] Ray killed the motor at the [G] county line Changed his Tennessee plates to a [D] lost tag sign [Verse 4] [G] She would never ask what the boy had done But said she'd be his hostage if he needed one [C] Her momma raised her to be [G] loyal and true And she figured that's the least that [D] she could do |[Chorus 2] |She was [C] lost and lonely on a [G] midnight ride |[C] Reluctant Bonnie to a [G] poorman's Clyde |It [C] ain't too easy when the [G] man you love |Has [D] got a reputation that's [G] notorious |It [C] ain't too easy when the [G] man you love |Has [D] got a reputation that's [G] notorious [Verse 5] [G] They were just outside of Knoxville when the lights flashed on And the siren's starting howling like hell houndogs [C] Ray popped that Firebird into [G] overdrive And swore he'd never let them [D] take him alive |[Chorus 3] |He was a [C] desperate rider, he was [G] Jesse James |The [C] best that he'd ever hope for was a [G] household name |The [C] morning papers didn't [G] say too much |But [D] his obituairy read, [G] notorious |The [C] caption by his picture didn't [G] say too much |But [D] his obituairy read, [G] notorious |The [C] caption by his picture didn't [G] say too much |But [D] his obituairy read, [G] notorious