El Lute chords by
Boney M.
Boney M.

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Key: G major
Verse 1
Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Ab
Ab

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

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

E
E

And today his honor has been restored
A
A

E
E

Interlude 1
D
D

E
E

A
A

E
E

D
D

A
A

E
E

D
D

A
A

Ab
Ab

He was only
Verse 2
A
A

G#
G#

A
A

nineteen and he was
G#
G#

sentenced to die
A
A

Ab
Ab

For something that somebody else did
D
D

Db
Db

Bm
Bm

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

Eb
Eb

From then on they chased him
E
E

and searched for him day and night
G#
G#

A
A

E
E

All over Spain but the search was
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Eb

Ab
Ab

A
A

Ab
Ab

in vain for El Lute
A
A

He had
Verse 3
D
D

only seen the dark side of
A
A

life the man they called El Lute
E
E

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

In a country where all would be free
D
D

So he taught himself to read and
A
A

to write it didn't help El Lute
E
E

D
D

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

El Lute
Interlude 2
A
A

Am
Am

Abm
Abm

Am
Am

E
E

Dm
Dm

E
E

Am
Am

E
E

A
A

Ab
Ab

A
A

Verse 4
G#
G#

A
A

No one gave you a chance in
Ab
Ab

the Spain of those days
A
A

On the walls every place they had put
G#
G#

D
D

C#
C#

Bm
Bm

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

They finally caught him and
that seemed the end
A
A

But they caught him in vain 'cause a
E
E

A
A

change came for Spain and El Lute
Verse 5
D
D

He had only seen the dark side of
A
A

life the man they called El Lute
E
E

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

In a country where all would be free
D
D

And then freedom really came to
A
A

his land and also to El Lute
E
E

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

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