Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great


from Hal Leonard publishing

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an ancient land...
King Darius the third....                                              
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                           Scythians fell.....

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                called Macedonia...
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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

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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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he would become the master...
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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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• Am
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