Alexander the Great Chords
by Iron Maiden
Alexander the Great by Iron Maiden is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G, Bb5, F5, E5, C5, G5 and D5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Disco: Somewhere in Time (1986)
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verse
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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Chorus
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Interlude
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interlude 2
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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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Alexander cut the Gordian knot....
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and legend says that...
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he would become the master...
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Marching on....
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battle weary marching....
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died of fever in Babylon
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outro repeat fast intro
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