Alexander The Great - Iron Maiden | Guitar Chords | VChords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Near to the east
In a part of ancient Greece
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In an ancient land called Macedonia  
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Was born a son
To Philip of Macedon
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The legend, his name was Alexander
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At the age of nineteen
He became the Macedon King
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And he swore to free all of Asia Minor
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By the Aegean Sea
In three three four B. C.
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He utterly beat the armies of Persia

[Chorus (1)]
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Alexander the Great
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His name struck fear into hearts of men
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Alexander the Great
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Became a legend amongst mortal men

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[Verse 2]
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     King Darius the third
Defeated fled Persia
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The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes
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Then Egypt fell
To the Macedon King as well
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And he founded the city called Alexandria  
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By the Tigris river
He met King Darius again
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And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela 
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Entering Babylon
And Susa, treasures he found
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Took Persepolis, the capital of Persia

[Chorus (2)]
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Alexander the Great
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His name struck fear into hearts of men
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Alexander the Great
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Became a God amongst mortal men

[Interlude 1]
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[Guitar Solo 1]
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[Guitar Solo 2]
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[Verse 3]
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  A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke
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  And Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot'
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  And legend said that who untied the knot
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He would become the master of A_sia
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  Hellenism he spread far and wide
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  The Macedonian learned mind
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  Their culture was a western way of life
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He paved the way for Christianity
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Marching on, marching on
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  The battle weary marching side by side
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  Alexander's army line by line
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  They wouldn't follow him to India
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Tired of the combat, pain and the glory

[Chorus (3)]
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Alexander the Great
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His name struck fear into hearts of men
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Alexander the Great
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He died of fever in Babylon

[Outro]
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