🤘 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
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
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