Alexander The Great (tab) — Iron Maiden

Alexander the Great

by Iron Maiden

from Hal Leonard publishing

Intro

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Verse

Near to the east... in an ancient land... King Darius the third.... Scythians fell.....

called Macedonia... river Jaxartes.....

At the age of nineteen... All of Asia minor.... By the Tigris river... Battle of Arbela....

By the Aegean sea.... 4 B.C. he utterly.... Entering Babylon.... treasures he found. took Persepolis

Chorus

Interlude

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Interlude

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Second section:

Last verse: A phrygian king.....

Alexander cut the Gordian knot....

and legend says that... he would become the master...

Marching on....

battle weary marching....

died of fever in Babylon

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