Sunshine Over The Counter Cifras

Notes:  This is arranged for Open D tuning (D A D F# A D) like several of Madison's other songs on
Revealer ("In From Japan", "Your Hate Could Power a Train"), and also like those songs, "Sunshine Over the
Counter" utilizes a capo on the 1st fret.  This song is a masterwork of layered guitar and woodwind parts, so
I've tried to represent the most important licks/riffs and overall resulting guitar harmonies as accurately as
possible.  This album blows my mind--enjoy more of the genius that is MC.
 
Chord Definitions:
 
 
D6           000320
 
D            000000
 
A11          X02100
 
D6/9         000022
 
 
Bb           8888XX
 
F            3333XX
 
G            5555XX
 
A            7777XX
 
 
D            000000
 
G            020120
 
A            X02342             OR      X0234X
 
Em11         222100
 
A9sus4       X0232X
 
 
Opening Arpeggio:
 
 D|-----------------------------------|
 A|-------------14-------------14-----|
F#|----------15---15--------15---15---|
 D|----16/17----------17/16-----------|
 A|-----------------------------------|
 D|-----------------------------------|
 
Opening Arpeggio (Lower Alternate):
 
 D|------------------------------|
 A|----------2-----------2-------|
F#|--------3---3-------3---3-----|
 D|----4/5--------5/4------------|
 A|------------------------------|
 D|------------------------------|
 
Opening Lick:
 
 D|---2/4\2--0-------2/4\2--0-----0--2----|
 A|-------------2--------------2----------|
F#|---------------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------------|
 A|---------------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------------|
 
Verse Picking Pattern:
 
    D6          D            D6               A11
 D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 A|---------2---------------|---------2---------------|
F#|---------3--------0------|---------3----------1----|
 D|------------------0------|------------------0-2----|
 A|-----0-----------------0-|----0--------2-4-------0-|
 D|--0----------0-----------|-0-----------------------|
 
   D6              D           D6               D6/9
 D|-------------------------|--------------------2----|
 A|---------2---------------|---------2----------2----|
F#|---------3--------0------|---------3---------------|
 D|------------------0------|-------------3/2p0-------|
 A|-----0-----------------0-|----0------------------0-|
 D|--0----------0-----------|-0-----------------------|
 
 
 
[Intro]
 
 
      Dsus4(add6)        D6
 D|-----------------------------------|
 A|-------------14-------------14-----|
F#|----------15---15--------15---15---|
 D|----16/17----------17/16-----------|  (x9)
 A|-----------------------------------|
 D|-----------------------------------|
 
 D|---2/4\2--0-------2/4\2--0-----0--2----|
 A|-------------2--------------2----------|
F#|---------------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------------|  (x9)
 A|---------------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
D6  D    D6    D           A11       D6     D         D6/9
Sunshine over the counter again, the bank's running low
D6                D        D6              A11
I don't want your looks, I don't want your candy
 
  Bb        F   G
I want your medicine
          Bb          F         G
I've been waiting for something good to really happen
         Bb       F      G           Bb       A5    D6
It's the way it's always been or the way it's never been
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
      D6        D     D6               A11
I'm a coward at heart with some good excuses
D6         D          D6     D6/9
Sending my surrogate
D6               D    D6                A11
Stick you with a pen, cut you with some paper
 
        Bb     F        G
Feeling braver drinking gin
       Bb           F   G
I know just what to say after we're together
         Bb       F      G
It's the way I've always been
        Bb           A    G
Showing little to no skin
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
D    G     Em11         A
Good girl, got some bad in her
D              G      Em11         A
Cussing like a drunk, driving with her knees
D          G        Em11             A
Quarter to quarter, dealing with the torture
   Em11                    A
Of living high to not feel low
         Em11             A9sus4
Spеnding more to not feel broke
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
D6             D        D6         A11
I'm the middlе child of fear and democracy
    D6          D      D6      D6/9
I'm making my religion proud
D6             D     D6             A11
Keep it to yourself, keep it in the family
 
Bb        F          G
Keep your loud voice down
       Bb           F
Is the room getting smaller
   G
Or is it just your daughter?
Bb         F         G
Laying the blueprint out
Bb                  A
Raise no questions, feel no doubt
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
D    G     Em11         A
Good girl, got some bad in her
D         G     Em11         A
Green ink heart on her lower back
D    G                       Em11          A
Knife in the toaster, didn't know it could kill her
Em11                    A
Living high to not feel low
Em11                     A9sus4
Saying you know what you don't
 
 
[Bridge]
 
Bb    F              G
Whose love and whose dime
   Bb         F       G
Is paying for it this time?
  Bb          F        G
A little tall for your grade
C   C/B        A
Overworked and underpaid
 
 
[Instrumental Break]
 
D    G   Em11   A     D    G   Em11   A
 
D    G   Em11   A     D    G   Em11   A
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 
D   G     Em11          A
Bad girl, got some good in her
D              G      Em11             A
Cussing like a drunk, driving with her knees
D          G        Em11             A
Quarter to quarter, dealing with the torture
   Em11                    A9sus4
Of living high to not feel low
 
D   G     Em11          A
Bad girl, got some good in her
D              G           Em11          A
Got some guilt too, you'll see if you're looking
D        G        Em11     A
  Losing grip and skipping dinners
Em11                  A
Don't you remember feeling low?
        Em11              A
When it got hard to say, "No"
Em11               A          D6
Living high to not feel so low
 
 
[Outro]
 
D6      D       D6      D6/9    D6      D       D6      D6/9
 
 
D6      D   D6              D6/9    D6  D       D6      D6/9
Sunshine over the counter again
 
D6      D   D6              D6/9
Sunshine over the counter again
 
 
 
 
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