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Iron Maiden

Album:Somewhere in Time

Year:1986

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Alexander the Great

Disco: Somewhere in Time (1986)

intro (clean sound)

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------------10-12---13-15-------------------------------------15----15--
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distortion
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fast
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-----7-8-10-8-7---------7-8-10-8-7-----------7-8-10-8-7------------
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verse
Near to the east...
in an ancient land...
King Darius the third....
Scythians fell.....

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----------------------7-7------------7-7-7--5-5---5-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3--
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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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----9-9-9-------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-4-
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Chorus

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-7----5----0----3---5----7------------
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Interlude

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-7------------------7-3-3-5--5-3-5-2~-repeat
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-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-continue pattern
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-------------------5---5-4-1-2~----------5--5-4-2-5-4-2---5--7-----
---------2-----------------------2-----------------------2--3--5-----
-0-------2-0-----------------------0---------------------------------

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-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-continue pattern

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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