It'll be easier to play if you transpose so that the first chord is Dm (i.e., the key of C). Otherwise it's
all barre/power chords, but perhaps you are cool with that.
The G#m (or whatever chord is shown at the end of the first line if you have transposed) is an optional
transition chord. You can ignore it completely. If you choose to play it, it gets one beat, the fourth beat.
Listen to the recording.
On the 1 chord, (here, E by default, or C if you transpose to C major), you can do the little melodic line
that Thao does if you hold the chord and play the 6th, the 8th, the 6th, the 5th, the 3rd.
[Intro]
F#m G#m A E E6 E E6 E
F#m G#m A E E6 E E6 E
F#m G#m
Beat my brow
A
Beat my chest
E
Beat the ones who love me the best
F#m G#m A E
Oh how could they be liars?
F#m G#m A E
They assure me health, life, and fire
E F#m G#m A E
Who who-ooh hoooo
E F#m G#m A E
Who who-ooh hoooo
E N.C.
Oh no!
[Verse 1]
F#m
How can you stand it
G#m A E
When I run, when I run like a bandit
E F#m
I wear him like a habit
G#m A E
In the lining of my jacket
E E N.C F#m G#m A
And oh my gun...powder
A E
And an emergency
E F#m G#m
I must battle without her
A E
She is surely killing me
[Chorus]
E F#m G#m A E
Who who-ooh hooo
E F#m G#m A E
Who who-ooh hooo
[Bridge]
F#m
So you're never gonna leave
G#m A
And I'm never gonna leave
E
But I'm proud to say I've got us beat
F#m
And I'm never gonna leave
G#m A
And you're never gonna leave
E F#m G#m A E
But you're never gonna love me like I need
[Chorus]
E F#m G#m A E
Who who-ooh hooo
E F#m G#m A E
Who who-ooh hooo
E F#m G#m A E
Who who-ooh hooo
E F#m G#m A E
Who who-ooh hooo