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Alexander The Great by Iron Maiden

Alexander The Great chords by Iron Maiden

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Difficulty: Intermediate

🤘 Intro:
Em D Em
D Em D
Em C Em C Em
Em C Em D/F#
Em C Em D/F#



🤘 Verse 1:
Em
Near to the east
       Em
In a part of ancient Greece
   C            Em  D/F#
In an ancient land called Macedonia
   Em
Was born a son
       Em
To Philip of Macedon
   C           Em D/F#
The 🏷Legend, his name was Alexan_der
🎸
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    Em
At the age of nineteen
        Em
He became the Macedon King
     C            Em  D/F#
And he swore to free all of Asia Minor
    Em
By the Aegean Sea
  Em
In 334 B.C
  C             Em D/F#
He utterly beat the armies of Per_sia


Em       D
Alexander the Great
   Am          C     D
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Em       D
Alexander the Great
  Am          C   D
Became a 🏷Legend amongst mortal men

(Em C G)
(Em C G)
(Am F E)
(Am F E)

🤘 Verse 2:
Em
King Darius the third
     Em
Defeated fled Persia
   C              Em D/F#
The Scythians fell by the river Jaxar_tes
   Em
Then Egypt fell
        Em
To the Macedon King as well
    C             Em D/F#
And he founded the city called Alexan_dria

    Em
By the Tigris river
       Em
He met King Darius again
   C                Em D/F#
And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela
Em
Entering Babylon
      Em
And Susa, treasures he found
   C             Em D/F#
Took Persepolis, the capital of Per_sia


Em       D
Alexander the Great
   Am          C     D
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Em       D
Alexander the Great
 Am          C   D
Became a God amongst mortal men

(B A B C# D#)
(E5 D#5 E5 D#5)
(E5 C5 D5 Am)
(Am C G A# F)
(Am C G A# F)
(Am C G A# F)
(Am C G A# F)

🤘 Solo: Am C G A# F
    Am C G A# F

(Am C G A# F)
(Em C G)
(D C D)
(Em C G)
(D C D)
(Em C G)
(D C D)

🤘 Verse 3:
Em
 A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke
Em
 And Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot'
C
 And 🏷Legend said that who untied the knot
Bm              D
He would become the master of Asia

Em
 Hellenism he spread far and wide
Em
 The Macedonian learned mind
C
 Their culture was a western way of life
Bm             D
He paved the way for Christianity
 E5   G5 D5  E5   G5 D5
Mar___ching on, mar___ching on

Em
 The battle weary marching side by side
Em
 Alexander's army line by line
C
 They wouldn't follow him to India
Bm                 D
Tired of the combat, pain and the glory


Em       D
Alexander the Great
   Am          C     D
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Em       D
Alexander the Great
  Am        C  D
He died of fever in Baby_lon

Final: Em C Em G
    Em C Em G
    D/F# G D/F# Em

Alexander The Great chords

Iron Maiden chords for Alexander the great

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