Verse
G#
He was only nineteen and was sentenced to die
C# A#m
for something that somebody else did and blamed on El Lute.
Then they changed it to life and so he could escape
D#
from then on they chased him and searched for him day and night
G# D# D#7 G#
all over Spain but the search was in vain for El Lute.
[Chorus]
G#7 C# G#
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
D# D#7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
G# G#7
in a country where all would be free.
C# G#
So he taught himself to read and to write it didn't help El Lute
D# D#7
he was one who had dared to escape overnight
C# G#
they had to find El Lute.
[Instrumental]
G# D# C# D# G#
D# C# G#
D# C# G#
G#m
[Bridge]
G#m D#
Soon the fame of his name spread like wild fire all over the land
C#m
with a price on his head people still gave him bread
D# G#m
and they gave him a hand
D# G#
for they knew he was right and his fight was their fight.
[Verse 2]
G#
No one gave you a chance in the Spain of those days
C# A#m
on the walls every place they had put up the face of El Lute.
And he robbed where he could just like once Robin Hood
D#
they finally caught him and that seemed the end.
G# D#
But they caught him in vain 'cause a change came for Spain
G#
and El Lute.
[Chorus]
G#7 C# G#
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
D# D#7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
G# G#7
in a country where all would be free.
C# G#
And then freedom really came to his land and also to El Lute
D# D#7
Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day
C# G#
The man they called El Lute
[Outro]
G#7 C# G#
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
D# D#7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
G# G#7
in a country where all would be free.
(Capo 1)