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Notorious

Confederate Railroad
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
   Riding North on Interstate 75
  With a nervous fading beauty sitting by his side
   And a pistol that he used  to pave the way
   Down the long black stretches of a dark highway
   Ray bought his future with a pound of lead
  When he robbed a liquor store and left the clerk for dead
   That kid should have put the  money in the sack
   But he didn't and now there ain't no turning back
   He's a desperate  rider, he's a Jesse James
   The best that he could hope  for is a household name
   There ain't nobody  that a man can trust
   When all his headlines  read, notorious
   There ain't nobody  that a man can trust
   When all his headlines  read, notorious
   They pulled out of ? about12 o'clock
  Took the heatstroke with the lights off to avoid the road block
   Ray killed the motor at the  county line
   Changed his Tennessee plates to a lost tag sign
   She would never ask what the boy had done
  But said she'd be his hostage if he needed one
   Her momma raised her to  be loyal and true
   And she figured that's the least that she could do
   She was lost and  lonely on a midnight ride
   Reluctant Bonnie  to a poorman's Clyde
   It ain't too easy when  the man you love
   Has got a reputation  that's notorious
   It ain't too easy when  the man you love
   Has got a reputation  that's notorious
   They were just outside of Knoxville when the lights flashed on
  And the siren's starting howling like hell houndogs
   Ray popped that Firebird  into overdrive
   And swore he'd never let them take him alive
   He was a desperate  rider, he was Jesse James
   The best that he'd ever hope for  was a household name
   The morning papers  didn't say too much
   But his obituairy  read, notorious
   The caption by his picture  didn't say too much
   But his obituairy  read, notorious
   The caption by his picture  didn't say too much
   But his obituairy  read, notorious
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 Written by Steve Clark,Johnny Mac Rae
 performed by Confederate Railroad.
 Intro and the average way they play during the song:
 
e -------0h2-----2h3---3---------0h2-----2h3---3--------|
B -----3-------3---------------3-------3----------------|
G ---2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---2------|
D -0-----------------------0----------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------|
 about the same thing for the A chord.
   I remember waking in the morning
   To the sound of the rooster's crow
  Mamma cooking in the kitchen
   Arthur Godfrey on the radio
   Me and Dad were just like strangers
   We never did see eye to eye
  Came to blows one Sunday morning
   So  i packed  my bags and i said goodbye
  /
   When you leave that way you can never go back
   A train won't run on a torn up  track
   Sometimes  i wish i'd never roamed,oh no
   'cause when you leave that way you can never go  home
   Then i met a girl in Knoxville
   Oh,we set our wedding day
  I left her standing at the alter
   With a baby on the way
 Chorus.
   Lord i'd love  to see my mom  and daddy
   And what i'd  give to hold that  boy of mine
   I'd get down  on my knees and i  say i'm sorry
   If i could only go back one  more time
   But i killed a man in Houston
   When he caught me with his wife
  And i told the preacher man to leave me alone
   When he came to read my rights
  /
   He said son,when you leave this way you can never come back
   A soul won't roll on a torn up  track
   All  through eternity you'll roam alone
   'cause when you leave this way you can never come  home
   All  through eternity you'll roam alone
   'cause when you leave this way you can never come  home

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Readable chord sheet for Notorious by Confederate Railroad

[E]       Riding North on Interstate 75

        With a nervous fading beauty sitting by his side

 [A]       And a pistol that he us[E]ed to pave the way

 [B7]       Down the long black stretches of a dark highway

 [E]       Ray bought his future with a pound of lead

        When he robbed a liquor store and left the clerk for dead

 [A]       That kid should have put the[E] money in the sack

 [B7]       But he didn't and now there ain't no turning back

 [A]       He's a desperate[E] rider, he's a Jesse James

 [A]       The best that he could hope[E] for is a household name

 [A]       There ain't no[E]body that a man can trust

 [B7]       When all his hea[E]dlines read, notorious

 [A]       There ain't no[E]body that a man can trust

 [B7]       When all his hea[E]dlines read, notorious

 [E]       They pulled out of ? about12 o'clock

        Took the heatstroke with the lights off to avoid the road block

 [A]       Ray killed the motor at t[E]he county line

 [B7]       Changed his Tennessee plates to a lost tag sign

 [E]       She would never ask what the boy had done

        But said she'd be his hostage if he needed one

 [A]       Her momma raised her t[E]o be loyal and true

 [B7]       And she figured that's the least that she could do

 [A]       She was lost [E]and lonely on a midnight ride

 [A]       Reluctant Bonni[E]e to a poorman's Clyde

 [A]       It ain't too easy [E]when the man you love

 [B7]       Has got a reputat[E]ion that's notorious

 [A]       It ain't too easy [E]when the man you love

 [B7]       Has got a reputat[E]ion that's notorious

 [E]       They were just outside of Knoxville when the lights flashed on

        And the siren's starting howling like hell houndogs

 [A]       Ray popped that Firebir[E]d into overdrive

 [B7]       And swore he'd never let them take him alive

 [A]       He was a despera[E]te rider, he was Jesse James

 [A]       The best that he'd ever hope [E]for was a household name

 [A]       The morning pap[E]ers didn't say too much

 [B7]       But his obit[E]uairy read, notorious

 [A]       The caption by his pictu[E]re didn't say too much

 [B7]       But his obit[E]uairy read, notorious

 [A]       The caption by his pictu[E]re didn't say too much

 [B7]       But his obit[E]uairy read, notorious

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Written by Steve Clark,Johnny Mac Rae

performed by Confederate Railroad.

Intro and the average way they play during the song:

 [D]

        e -------0h2-----2h3---3---------0h2-----2h3---3--------|
        B -----3-------3---------------3-------3----------------|
        G ---2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---2------|
        D -0-----------------------0----------------------------|
        A ------------------------------------------------------|
        E ------------------------------------------------------|

about the same thing for the A chord.

 [D]       I remember waking in the morning

 [A]       To the sound of the rooster's crow

        Mamma cooking in the kitchen

 [D]       Arthur Godfrey on the radio

 [D]       Me and Dad were just like strangers

 [A]       We never did see eye to eye

        Came to blows one Sunday morning

 [D]    [F]   S[C/G]o i pa[D]cked my bags and i said goodbye

         /
 [Em]       When you leave that way you can never go back

 [A]       A train won't run on a torn u[D]p track

 [G]    [D]   Some[Em]times i wish i'd never roamed,oh no

 [A]       'cause when you leave that way you can never [D]go home

 [D]       Then i met a girl in Knoxville

 [A]       Oh,we set our wedding day

        I left her standing at the alter

 [D]       With a baby on the way

Chorus.

 [G]       Lord i'd lo[A]ve to see my mom[D] and daddy

 [G]       And what i[A]'d give to hold th[Bm]at boy of mine

 [G]       I'd get do[A]wn on my knees and i[D] say i'm sorry

 [E]       If i could only go back on[A]e more time

 [D]       But i killed a man in Houston

 [A]       When he caught me with his wife

        And i told the preacher man to leave me alone

 [D]       When he came to read my rights

         /
 [Em]       He said son,when you leave this way you can never come back

 [A]       A soul won't roll on a torn u[D]p track

 [G]     [D]  A[Em]ll through eternity you'll roam alone

 [A]       'cause when you leave this way you can never co[D]me home

 [G]     [D]  A[Em]ll through eternity you'll roam alone

 [A]       'cause when you leave this way you can never co[Bm]me home

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