Alexander the Great Lyrics

by Iron Maiden
from Hal Leonard publishing
intro (clean sound)
distortion
fast
Near to the east... in an ancient land...
King Darius the third.... Scythians fell.....
called Macedonia...
river Jaxartes.....
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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
-9----7----2----5---7----9-----repeat--
-7------------------7-3-3-5--5-3-5-2~-repeat
-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-continue pattern
-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-continue pattern
Rhythym during solo
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
outro repeat fast intro