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