[Intro]

(clean sound)
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G|-9--11-12------------------------------------------------------------------|
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  distortion
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  fast
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D|-----------------------------------------------------------------10-9--|
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[Verse]

Near to the east...
King Darius the third....
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D|----------------------9-7------------9-9-9--7-7---7-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5----|
A|----------------------7-7------------7-7-7--5-5---5-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3----|
E|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-------0--0-0-0----------------------------------------|

                  called Macedonia...
                                                                river Jaxartes.....
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D|-5-5-5--5-5-4---------------------------|repeat
A|-3-3-3--3-3-2---------------------------|
E|-----------------5-3-2~-----------------|

At the age of nineteen...
By the Tigris river...

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D|----9-9-9--------------------------------------5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-4----|
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E|-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------------------------------------------|

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E|-5-3-2~---------------------------------|

  By the Aegean sea....4 B.C.  he utterly....
  Entering Babylon....treasures he found. took Persepolis
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E|-5-3-2~---------------------------------|

[Chorus]

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G|-9----7----2----5---7----9--------------|
D|-9----7----2----5---7----9-----repeat---|
A|-7----5----0----3---5----7--------------|
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[Interlude]

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D|-------7-9--10-9-7h9p7----------7-9-7----7-------|repeat
A|-10-10-----------------10-10-10-------10---9~----|
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G|---4-5-4-7-5-4h5p4---------2------------|
D|-7------------------7-3-3-5--5-3-5-2----|-repeat
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A|-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2---|continue pattern
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e|-----------------------------------|
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G|-8p6---10p8----12p10----14p12------|
D|-----8------10--------12-----------|
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G|---4-3~------4-3~---3---------------4-3~--3---------------------------|
D|-------------------5---5-4-1-2~----------5--5-4-2-5-4-2---5--7--------|
A|---------2-----------------------2-----------------------2--3--5------|
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E|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--------------|continue pattern


[Interlude 2]

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D|------------------------------------------------7-53/5-5-3-5-3~~-3h5-3------|
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Rhythym during solo

Am    C    G      Bb5    F5

Second section:

E5    C5    G5    D5    C5     D5   E5

  Last verse:
  A phrygian king.....
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G|----------------------------9--7-------|
D|----------------------------9--7-------|
A|----------------------------7--7-------|
E|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------------|

  Alexander cut the Gordian knot....
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D|----------------------------9--7-------|
A|----------------------------7--7-------|
E|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------------|

  and legend says that...
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A|-5---5-5-5---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--2-----|
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he would become the master...
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-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-5---7--------------------|
-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-3---5--------------------|
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  Marching on....
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D|-9--12--7---9-12--7-----------------------------|
A|-7--10--5---7-10--5-----------------------------|
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battle weary marching....

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A|----------------------------7--7-------|
E|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------------|


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D|-7---7-7-7---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--4-----|
A|-5---5-5-5---5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--2-----|
E|----------------------------------------|

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D|-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-5---7---------|
A|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-3---5---------|
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  died of fever in Babylon
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G|-2---5---7--------------------------------|
D|-2---5---7--------------------------------|
A|-0---3---5--------------------------------|
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outro repeat fast intro

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A|------------------------10--9--9-10--9~~-7------|
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| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
| b    Bend
| /    Slide up
| ~    Vibrato

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