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So I was a little bored and I started toying with my guitar trying to get Shaker Aamer's chords as right as possible. Here's what I figured out (it may be totally wrong, however, lol)

Shaker Aamer

3rd fret capo

Am E Am
No water for three days.

G D F

Am E Am
I cannot sleep, or stay awake.

G D F

Am E Am
Four months hunger strike.

G D F

Am E
Am I dead, or am I alive?

G D F

Am E Am
With metal tubes we are force fed.

G D F

Am E Am
I honestly wish I was dead.

G D F

Am E Am
Strapped in the restraining chair.

G D F

Am E
Shaker Aamer, your friend."

G D F

E
In Camp 5, eleven years.
F
Never charged. Six years cleared.

Am C E F
Fade away x 4 (or whatever she's singing)


Am C E
Fade away x 3

G D

Am E Am
They took away my one note pad,

G D F

Am E Am
and then refused to give it back.

G D F

Am E Am
I can’t think straight, I write, then stop.

G D F

Am E
Your friend Shaker Aamer. Lost.

G D F

E
The guards just do what they’re told,
F
the doctors just do what they’re told.
E
Like an old car I’m rusting away.
F
Your friend, Shaker. Guantanamo Bay."

Am C E F
Don’t forget. x 4

Am C E
Don't forget x3

G D Am