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