El Lute chords by
Boney M.
Boney M.

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Key: G major
Verse 1
G
G

C
C

G
G

This is the story of El Lute
A man who was born to be hunted
D
D

like a wild animal
Because he was poor
But he refused to accept his fate
G
G

Eb
Eb

And today his honor has been restored
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Interlude 1
C#
C#

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

C#
C#

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

C#
C#

Ab
Ab

G
G

He was only
Verse 2
Ab
Ab

G
G

Ab
Ab

nineteen and he was
G
G

sentenced to die
Ab
Ab

G
G

For something that somebody else did
C#
C#

C
C

Bbm
Bbm

and blamed on El Lute
Then they changed it to life
and so he could escape
Am
Am

D
D

From then on they chased him
Eb
Eb

and searched for him day and night
G
G

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

All over Spain but the search was
D
D

G
G

Ab
Ab

G
G

in vain for El Lute
Ab
Ab

He had
Verse 3
C#
C#

only seen the dark side of
Ab
Ab

life the man they called El Lute
Eb
Eb

And he wanted a home
just like you and like me
Ab
Ab

In a country where all would be free
C#
C#

So he taught himself to read and
Ab
Ab

to write it didn't help El Lute
Eb
Eb

C#
C#

He was one who had dared to escape overnight they had to find
Ab
Ab

El Lute
Interlude 2
Ab
Ab

Abm
Abm

Gm
Gm

Abm
Abm

Eb
Eb

C#m
C#m

Eb
Eb

Abm
Abm

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

G
G

Ab
Ab

Verse 4
G
G

Ab
Ab

No one gave you a chance in
G
G

the Spain of those days
Ab
Ab

On the walls every place they had put
G
G

Db
Db

C
C

Bbm
Bbm

up the face of El Lute
And he robbed where he could
just like once Robin Hood
Eb
Eb

They finally caught him and
that seemed the end
Ab
Ab

But they caught him in vain 'cause a
Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

change came for Spain and El Lute
Verse 5
Db
Db

He had only seen the dark side of
Ab
Ab

life the man they called El Lute
Eb
Eb

And he wanted a home
just like you and like me
Ab
Ab

In a country where all would be free
Db
Db

And then freedom really came to
Ab
Ab

his land and also to El Lute
Eb
Eb

Now he walks in the light of a sunny
new day the man they called El Lute

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TunerE A D G B E
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