IRON MAIDEN - "alexander the great" Tablature
Official IRON MAIDEN Tablature & Sheet Music »
by Iron Maiden
from Hal Leonard publishing
intro (clean sound)
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distortion
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fast
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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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