tonalidad: Ebm (forma de los acordes en la tonalidad de Em )
Afinación:
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
[Intro] Em D Em
D Em D
Em C Em C Em
Em C Em D/F#
Em C Em D/F#
[Primeira Parte]
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
[Refrão]
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 )
[Segunda Parte]
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
[Refrão]
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 )
[Terceira Parte]
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
[Refrão]
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
