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Alexander The Great by Iron Maiden

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Performed by:Iron Maiden
Composers: Steve Harris

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intro (clean sound)

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------------10-12---13-15-------------------------------------15----15--
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-12h15p12h15----12--15p12---------12--------------------------------
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distortion
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------7-8-10-8-7---------7-8-10-8-7-----10b----7-8-10-8-7----------
-9~-9------------7----9~-------------7-9------9------------7-9/12/9~
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------7-8-10-8-7---------7-8-10-8-7-----10b----7-8-10-8-7----------
-9~-9------------7----9~-------------7-9------9------------7-9~-----
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fast
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-----7-8-10-8-7---------7-8-10-8-7-----------7-8-10-8-7------------
-9-9------------7-9---9-------------7-9-----9------------7-9-7------
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verse
Near to the east...																																	in an ancient land...
King Darius the third....																													Scythians fell.....

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----------------------9-7------------9-9-9--7-7---------------------------
----------------------9-7------------9-9-9--7-7---7-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5--
----------------------7-7------------7-7-7--5-5---5-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3--
-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-------0--0-0-0---------------------------------------

                called Macedonia...
								river Jaxartes.....
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-5-5-5--5-5-4-------------------------repeat
-3-3-3--3-3-2-------------------------
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At the age of nineteen...																							              	All of Asia minor....
By the Tigris river...																										             	Battle of Arbela....

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----9-9-9--------------------------------------5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-4-
----7-7-7-------------------------7--9-10--9--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-2-
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By the Aegean sea....														4 B.C.  he utterly....
Entering Babylon....															treasures he found. took Persepolis
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----9-9-9-------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-4-
----7-7-7---------------------------------------3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-2-
-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0------------------------------------------

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-5-3-2~-------------------------------

Chorus

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-9----7----2----5---7----9------------
-9----7----2----5---7----9-----repeat--
-7----5----0----3---5----7------------
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Interlude

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-------7-9--10-9-7h9p7----------7-9-7----7----repeat
-10-10-----------------10-10-10-------10---9~-
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---4-5-4-7-5-4h5p4---------2----------
-7------------------7-3-3-5--5-3-5-2~-repeat
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-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-continue pattern
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------------8------------------8---------11~~
-11~~-9h11---11-9h11~~--9-11---11-9-11------
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-8p6---10p8----12p10----14p12---
-----8------10--------12---------
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---4-3~------4-3~---3---------------4-3~--3------------------------
-------------------5---5-4-1-2~----------5--5-4-2-5-4-2---5--7-----
---------2-----------------------2-----------------------2--3--5-----
-0-------2-0-----------------------0---------------------------------

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-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-continue pattern

interlude 2
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---4-5-7-5-4-----------5-6-5---8-10-6-5----------------------------------
-7-----------5/7---5-7-------7-----------7-5/4----------------------------
------------------------------------------------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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----------------------------9--7------
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-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------

Alexander cut the Gordian knot....
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-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------

and legend says that...
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-7---7-7-7---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--4--
-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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-9--12--7---9-12--7----------------------------
-9--12--7---9-12--7----------------------------
-7--10--5---7-10--5----------------------------
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battle weary marching....

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-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------


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

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-(9)---9-7-------------------------------------
-----------10-9~~--9-7-------------------9----
------------------------10--9--9-10--9~~-7----
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