{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2371967,"song":"El Lute","artist":"Boney M.","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2371967-el-lute-chords-by-boney-m/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2371967?type=chord","rating":4.70404,"votes":13,"content":"[Spoken]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     This is the story of El Lute[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  a man who was born to be hunted like a wild animal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  because he was poor but he refused to accept his fate[/tab]\r\n  and today his honour has been restored.\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was only nineteen and was sentenced to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfor something that somebody else did and blamed on El Lute.[/tab]\r\nThen they changed it to life and so he could escape\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfrom then on they chased him and searched for him day and night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nall over Spain but the search was in vain         for El Lute.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nand he wanted a home just like you and like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nin a country where all would be free.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo he taught himself to read and to write it didn't help El Lute[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nhe was one who had dared to escape overnight[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey had to find El Lute.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSoon the fame of his name spread like wild fire all over the land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nwith a price on his head people still gave him bread[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nand they gave him a hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor they knew he was right and his fight was their fight.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo one gave you a chance in the Spain of those days[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\non the walls every place they had put up the face of El Lute.[/tab]\r\nAnd he robbed where he could just like once Robin Hood\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthey finally caught him and that seemed the end.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they caught him in vain 'cause a change came for Spain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand El Lute.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nand he wanted a home just like you and like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nin a country where all would be free.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then freedom really came to his land and also to El Lute[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nNow he walks in the light of a sunny new day[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe man they called El Lute[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe had only seen the dark side of life the man they called El Lute[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nand he wanted a home just like you and like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nin a country where all would be free.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Capo 1)","plain_text":"[Spoken]\n\n\n\n  and today his honour has been restored.\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  D  C  D  G\nD  C  G\nD  C  G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\nThen they changed it to life and so he could escape\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  D  C  D  G\nD  C  G\nD  C  G\nGm\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\nAnd he robbed where he could just like once Robin Hood\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n(Capo 1)","chords":["G","C","D","Am","D7","G7","Gm","Cm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}