Verse
B
He was only nineteen and was sentenced to die
E C#m
for something that somebody else did and blamed on El Lute.
Then they changed it to life and so he could escape
F#
from then on they chased him and searched for him day and night
B F# F#7 B
all over Spain but the search was in vain for El Lute.
[Chorus]
B7 E B
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
F# F#7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
B B7
in a country where all would be free.
E B
So he taught himself to read and to write it didn't help El Lute
F# F#7
he was one who had dared to escape overnight
E B
they had to find El Lute.
[Instrumental]
B F# E F# B
F# E B
F# E B
Bm
[Bridge]
Bm F#
Soon the fame of his name spread like wild fire all over the land
Em
with a price on his head people still gave him bread
F# Bm
and they gave him a hand
F# B
for they knew he was right and his fight was their fight.
[Verse 2]
B
No one gave you a chance in the Spain of those days
E C#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
F#
they finally caught him and that seemed the end.
B F#
But they caught him in vain 'cause a change came for Spain
B
and El Lute.
[Chorus]
B7 E B
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
F# F#7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
B B7
in a country where all would be free.
E B
And then freedom really came to his land and also to El Lute
F# F#7
Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day
E B
The man they called El Lute
[Outro]
B7 E B
He had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute
F# F#7
and he wanted a home just like you and like me
B B7
in a country where all would be free.
(Capo 1)