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
