Verse
C
He was only nineteen and was sentenced to die
F Dm
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 G7 C
all over Spain but the search was in vain for El Lute.
[Chorus]
C7 F C
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
G G7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
C C7
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 G7
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
Cm
[Bridge]
Cm G
Soon the fame of his name spread like wild fire all over the land
Fm
with a price on his head people still gave him bread
G Cm
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 Dm
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]
C7 F C
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
G G7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
C C7
in a country where all would be free.
F C
And then freedom really came to his land and also to El Lute
G G7
Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day
F C
The man they called El Lute
[Outro]
C7 F C
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
G G7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
C C7
in a country where all would be free.
(Capo 1)