Iron Maiden - Alexander The Great (tab)
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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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interlude 2
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Rhythym during solo
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Second section:
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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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died of fever in Babylon
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outro repeat fast intro
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