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Alexander the Great

by Iron Maiden



from Hal Leonard publishing



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distortion

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verse

Near to the east...																																	in an ancient land...

King Darius the third....																													Scythians fell.....



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                called Macedonia...

								river Jaxartes.....

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At the age of nineteen...																							              	All of Asia minor....

By the Tigris river...																										             	Battle of Arbela....



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By the Aegean sea....														4 B.C.  he utterly....

Entering Babylon....															treasures he found. took Persepolis

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Chorus



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Interlude



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interlude 2

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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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Alexander cut the Gordian knot....

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and legend says that...

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he would become the master...

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Marching on....

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battle weary marching....



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died of fever in Babylon

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outro repeat fast intro



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