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