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