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I made this tab as best as i could. 
If you see a mistake or have any questions or there are any other 
Iron Maiden songs you want me to tab for you please e-mail me at brucklepea@hotmail.com. 
You can also e-mail if you want to know what part of the song sounds like 
on bass and i'll send you the sound file of me playing it.
Thanks.

Band-   Iron Maiden
Album-  Somewhere in time
Song-   Alexander the great

> = slide to
~ = let ring
| = pause
h = hammer on

Intro 1 (Play D and G notes in time with drumming)
G|------9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-----
D|----9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---
A|-7~-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro 1 (continued)
G|-----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----
D|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--
A|-5-------------------------------------------------------------------- x2
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro 2
G|-----------------
D|-----------------
A|-------3~-5------ x2
E|-0~-0~------0~---

Break 1
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2--- x2
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-------------- x4
E|---------------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2------

Chorus
G|----------------------------------
D|----------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-3-3-5-5-- x2
E|----------------------------------

Break 2
G|------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2---- x2
E|------------------------------------

Break 3
G|-------------------------------------
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-----
A|------------------------------------- x2
E|-------------------------------------

Verse x4

Chorus x2

Break 4 (play in time with drumming)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-----
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------

Break 4 (continued)
G|-------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------
A|-7~---7~---7~-3~-5~-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----
E|----7----7---------------------------------------------

Break 5
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------1-1-1-1----------- x4
E|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------1-1-1-1---

Break 6
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------1-1-1-1---|-8-6-5-------8-6-5------ x2
E|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------1-|-------8-6-8-------8----

Break 5

Break 7
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-5--- x3
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

Break 8
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-5--- x2
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------

Break 9
G|------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-9-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-9-5-5-5-5----
E|------------------------------------

Break 8

Chorus x2

Break 1 x2

Outro
G|----------------12-12-11-9~-12-9~------
D|---------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------
E|-2-2-2-2-3-2-0~------------------------

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