El Lute

Spoken : [G] This is the [C] story of El Lute
[G] a man who was born to be hunted like a wild animal
[D] because he was poor, but he refused to accept his [G] fate
And today his honour has been restored

Intro: [G] [D] [C] [D] [G] – [G] [D] [C] [G] – [G] [D] [C] [G]

1. [G] He was only nineteen and was sentenced to die
for something that somebody else did, and blamed on El [C] Lute

[Am] Then they changed it to life, and so he could escape
From then on they chased him, and [D] searched for him day and night [G] all over Spain
But the search was in [D7] vain for El [G] Lute

Chorus: [G7] He had only seen the [C] dark side of life, the man they called El [G] Lute
And he wanted a [D7] home just like you and like me in a country where [G] all would be free
[G7] So he taught himself to [C] read and to write, it didn't help El [G] Lute
He was one who had [D7] dared to escape overnight
They had to [C] find El [G] Lute

Instrument: [G] [D] [C] [D] [G] – [G] [D] [C] [G] – [G] [D] [C] [G] –[Gm]

Soon the fame of [Gm] his name, spread like wild fire all over the [D7] land
[Cm] with a price on his head people still gave him bread and they [D] gave him a hand
[Gm] For they [D7] knew he was right, and his [G] fight was their fight

2. No one [G] gave you a chance in the Spain of those days
On the walls every place they had put up the face of El [C] Lute

[Am] And he robbed where he could just like once Robin Hood
They finally [D7] caught him and that seemed the end but they [G] caught him in vain
‘cause a [D] change came for Spain and El [G] Lute

Chorus: [G7] He had only seen the [C] dark side of life, the man they called El [G] Lute
And he wanted a [D7] home just like you and like me in a country where [G] all would be free
[G7] And then freedom really [C] came to his land and also to El [G] Lute
Now he walks in the [D7] light of a sunny new day, he man they [C] called El [G] Lute

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