El Lute

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This is the story of El Lute, 
a man who was born to be hunted, 
like a wild animal. Because he was poor. 
But he refused to accept his fate 
and today his honor has been restored. 
 
A 
He was only nineteen 
And was sentenced to die 
For something, that somebody else did 
                 D    Hm 
And blamed on El Lute. 
Then they changed it to life 
And so he could escape 
                 E 
From there they chased him 
And searched for him 
             A 
Day and night all over Spain. 
         E 
But the search was in vane 
       A 
For El Lute. 
 
Refrain: 
A                    D 
He had only seen the dark side of life 
                       A 
The man they called El Lute. 
                E 
And he wanted a home just like you and like me 
                    A 
In the country where all would be free 
                            D 
Though he taught himself to read and to write 
                  A 
He didn‘t have El Lute. 
                     E 
He was one, who have dared to escape over night 
            D       A 
They had to find El Lute. 
 
         Am 
Soon the fame of his name 
                         E              Dm 
Spread like wild fire all over the land 
With a price on his head 
People still gave him bread 
         Am 
And they gave him a hand 
          E 
For they knew he was right 
        Am 
And his fight was their fight. 
 
No one gave him a chance 
In the stain of those days 
On boards every place 
They have glued up the face 
Of El Lute. 
And he robbed where he could 
Just like once Robin Hood 
They finally caught him 
And that seems the end 
But they caught him in vane 
Cause the change came for Spain 
And El Lute. 
 
Refrain: 
He had only seen the dark side of life 
The man they called El Lute. 
And he wanted a home just like you and like me 
In the country where all would be free 
When the freedom really came to his land 
And also to El Lute. 
Now he walks in the light of a sunny new day 
The man they called El Lute.