Verse
D
He was only nineteen and was sentenced to die
G Em
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 A7 D
all over Spain but the search was in vain for El Lute.
[Chorus]
D7 G D
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
A A7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
D D7
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 A7
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
Dm
[Bridge]
Dm A
Soon the fame of his name spread like wild fire all over the land
Gm
with a price on his head people still gave him bread
A Dm
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 Em
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]
D7 G D
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
A A7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
D D7
in a country where all would be free.
G D
And then freedom really came to his land and also to El Lute
A A7
Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day
G D
The man they called El Lute
[Outro]
D7 G D
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
A A7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
D D7
in a country where all would be free.
(Capo 1)