Verse
F
He was only nineteen and was sentenced to die
A# Gm
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 C7 F
all over Spain but the search was in vain for El Lute.
[Chorus]
F7 A# F
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
C C7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
F F7
in a country where all would be free.
A# F
So he taught himself to read and to write it didn't help El Lute
C C7
he was one who had dared to escape overnight
A# F
they had to find El Lute.
[Instrumental]
F C A# C F
C A# F
C A# F
Fm
[Bridge]
Fm C
Soon the fame of his name spread like wild fire all over the land
A#m
with a price on his head people still gave him bread
C Fm
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
A# Gm
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]
F7 A# F
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
C C7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
F F7
in a country where all would be free.
A# F
And then freedom really came to his land and also to El Lute
C C7
Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day
A# F
The man they called El Lute
[Outro]
F7 A# F
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
C C7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
F F7
in a country where all would be free.
(Capo 1)