Chords
[Intro]
E5 D5 E5 D5
E5 C5 E5 C5
E5 C5 E5 B5 E5
C5
E5 B5
[Verse 1]
E5Near to the east
In a part of ancient Greece
In an C5ancient land called MaceB5doniF#5a
Was E5born a son
To Philip of Macedon
The C5legend, his name was AleB5xander F#5
At the E5age of nineteen
He became the Macedon King
And he C5swore to free all of Asia B5Minor F#5
By the E5Aegean Sea
In three three four B. C.
He utC5terly beat the armies of B5Persia F#5
[Chorus]
E5Alexander the D5Great
His A5name struck fear into C5hearts of D5men
E5Alexander the D5Great
BeA5came a legend amongst C5mortal D5men
[Bridge]
E5 C5 B5 E5 C5 B5
A5 F5 E5 A5
[Verse 2]
F5 E5 King E5Darius the third
Defeated fled Persia
The C5Scythians fell by the river JaB5xartes F#5
Then E5Egypt fell
To the Macedon King as well
And he C5founded the city called AleB5xandriF#5a
By the E5Tigris river
He met King Darius again
And C5crushed him again in the battle of B5ArbeF#5la
E5
[Entering]And Susa,[Babylon] treasures he found
Took C5Persepolis, the capital of B5Persia F#5
[Chorus]
E5Alexander the D5Great
His A5name struck fear into C5hearts of D5men
E5Alexander the D5Great
BeA5came a God amongst C5mortal D5men
[Interlude 1]
B5 A5 B5 C#5
D#5 D#5 G5 E5 B5 E5
B5 E5 B5 C5
D5
[Interlude 2]
A5 C5 G5 A#5 F5
A5 C5 G5 A#5 F5
A5 C5 G5 A#5 F5
A5 C5 G5 A#5 F5
[Guitar Solo 1]
A5 C5 G5 A#5 F5
A5 C5 G5 A#5 F5
A5 C5 G5 A#5 F5
[Guitar Solo 2]
E5 C5 G5 D5 C5 D5
E5 C5 G5 D5 C5 D5
E5 C5 G5 D5 C5 D5
[Verse 3]
E5 A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke
E5 And Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot'
D5 And legend said that who untied the knot
B5He would become the master of C5A_sD5ia
E5 Hellenism he spread far and wide
E5 The Macedonian learned mind
D5 Their culture was a western way of life
B5He paved the way for ChristiC5aniD5ty
E5MarG5ching D5on, E5marG5ching D5on
E5 The battle weary marching side by side
E5 Alexander's army line by line
D5 They wouldn't follow him to India
B5Tired of the combat, pain and the C5gloD5ry
[Chorus]
E5Alexander the D5Great
His A5name struck fear into C5hearts of D5men
E5Alexander the D5Great
He A5died of fever in C5BabyD5lon
[Outro]
E5 C5 E5 B5 E5
C5 E5 B5 F#5 G5 F#5 E5