Verse
E
He was only nineteen and was sentenced to die
A F#m
for something that somebody else did and blamed on El Lute.
Then they changed it to life and so he could escape
B
from then on they chased him and searched for him day and night
E B B7 E
all over Spain but the search was in vain for El Lute.
[Chorus]
E7 A E
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
B B7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
E E7
in a country where all would be free.
A E
So he taught himself to read and to write it didn't help El Lute
B B7
he was one who had dared to escape overnight
A E
they had to find El Lute.
[Instrumental]
E B A B E
B A E
B A E
Em
[Bridge]
Em B
Soon the fame of his name spread like wild fire all over the land
Am
with a price on his head people still gave him bread
B Em
and they gave him a hand
B E
for they knew he was right and his fight was their fight.
[Verse 2]
E
No one gave you a chance in the Spain of those days
A F#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
B
they finally caught him and that seemed the end.
E B
But they caught him in vain 'cause a change came for Spain
E
and El Lute.
[Chorus]
E7 A E
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
B B7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
E E7
in a country where all would be free.
A E
And then freedom really came to his land and also to El Lute
B B7
Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day
A E
The man they called El Lute
[Outro]
E7 A E
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
B B7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
E E7
in a country where all would be free.
(Capo 1)