Biography:
Longtime Washington DC-area bluesman has become a regional favorite and over the past 40 years of offering his own style of roots guitar heroics has performed with fellow musicians and compatriots like Albert Lee, Danny Gatton, Bullmoose Jackson,Duke Robillard, Tommy Lepson and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos.
Tom Principato has spent the last 40+ years as a guitarist and singer based in his hometown of Washington, D.C. In the 1970's, Tom was leader of the legendary band Powerhouse
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[Intro]
E A E
[Chorus]
E
Catch a train going down the track
E
I don’t care if I never go back
A
If the going gets tough, then it’s time to go
A E
Robert Johnson told me so
[Verse]
E
Took a trip down Texas way
E
Never even knowing I would rue the day
A
Took my rider there with me
A E
But I was blind, I could not see
[Verse]
E
Hurt my head, broke my heart
E
I don’t really know what tore us apart
A
But that’s the way we love and learn
A E
Jump in the fire and you’re bound to burn
[Chorus]
E
Catch a train going down the track
E
I don’t care if I never go back
A
If the going gets tough, then it’s time to go
A E
Robert Johnson told me so
[Solo]
E A E
[Verse]
E
Ringing my hands and crying
E
Some days feel like dying
A
Robert Johnson told me so
A E
But I never thought I’d sink so low
[Verse]
E
I got heartache by the number
E
Lord, I can’t take much slumber
A
Hell hounds on my trail
A E
Tried my best to hide, but to no avail
[Chorus]
E
Catch a train going down the track
E
I don’t care if I never go back
A
If the going gets tough, then it’s time to go
A E
Robert Johnson told me so
[Solo]
E A E
[Verse]
E
At the crossroads of my life
E
I don’t know to turn left or right
A
Not sure if up is down
A E
How did I get so turned around?
[Verse]
E
So down the road, the road I go
E
I ain’t got time for moving slow
A
Move faster than the wind can blow
A E
Robert Johnson told me so
[Chorus]
E
Catch a train going down the track
E
I don’t care if I never go back
A
If the going gets tough, then it’s time to go
A E
Robert Johnson told me so
[Outro]
E A E
E A E
[Chorus]
E
Catch a train going down the track
E
I don’t care if I never go back
A
If the going gets tough, then it’s time to go
A E
Robert Johnson told me so
[Verse]
E
Took a trip down Texas way
E
Never even knowing I would rue the day
A
Took my rider there with me
A E
But I was blind, I could not see
[Verse]
E
Hurt my head, broke my heart
E
I don’t really know what tore us apart
A
But that’s the way we love and learn
A E
Jump in the fire and you’re bound to burn
[Chorus]
E
Catch a train going down the track
E
I don’t care if I never go back
A
If the going gets tough, then it’s time to go
A E
Robert Johnson told me so
[Solo]
E A E
[Verse]
E
Ringing my hands and crying
E
Some days feel like dying
A
Robert Johnson told me so
A E
But I never thought I’d sink so low
[Verse]
E
I got heartache by the number
E
Lord, I can’t take much slumber
A
Hell hounds on my trail
A E
Tried my best to hide, but to no avail
[Chorus]
E
Catch a train going down the track
E
I don’t care if I never go back
A
If the going gets tough, then it’s time to go
A E
Robert Johnson told me so
[Solo]
E A E
[Verse]
E
At the crossroads of my life
E
I don’t know to turn left or right
A
Not sure if up is down
A E
How did I get so turned around?
[Verse]
E
So down the road, the road I go
E
I ain’t got time for moving slow
A
Move faster than the wind can blow
A E
Robert Johnson told me so
[Chorus]
E
Catch a train going down the track
E
I don’t care if I never go back
A
If the going gets tough, then it’s time to go
A E
Robert Johnson told me so
[Outro]
E A E
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Tom Schilling
Tom Seals
Tom Skinner