opportunity

keyboard: Yamaha PSR-540
tempo: 110 bpm / voice:

v 1:

E1 A E A E
Every dumpster is an opportunity. Dive in what do you see?

A F#m A
A box of oranges, and vegetables galore.

E1 A E A E
Onions, squash, tomatoes, too. Enough to make a dumpster stew.

A F#m A
Diving is a pleasure at the third hand store.

v 2:

E1 A E A
There’s a dumpster calling out your name, with stuff you can claim.

E1 A F#m A
The store behind the store. A metal box on wheels.

E1 A E A
Lift the lid. Take what you find. Don’t leave a mess behind.

E1 A F#m A
Discover treasure when you sweep away the banana peels.

bridge:

D E
bags of bread, in different varieties.
A D
tubs of hummus. sometimes you will find cheese.

D1 E
bags of bagels. wholegrain, pumpernickel.

A
sourdough, wheat, raisin, cinnamon swirl, onion, garlic, salt, adagio cheese, sundried tomato,

D
blueberry, egg, plain, everything - (takes a deep breath) - enough to please the fickle

chorus:

G D1 A
all this and more at the third hand store.

G D1 A
like shopping but there’s a lid instead of a door.

G D1 A
all this and more at the third hand store.

G D1 A
welcome to your first dumpster tour.

v 3.

E1 A E A
every person has dreams they want to share. listen, show that you care.

E1 A F#m A
help them get, to the place they want to be.

E1 A E A
dive in their world, get involved. problems can be solved.

E1 A F#, A
let’s plant a garden of possibility. (codependency)

E1 A E A
gravity can barely keep me down, my feet have left the ground.

E1 A F#m A
now that I have nothing, I have nothing left to lose.

E1 A E A
I have the faith that keeps me strong, I know where I belong.

E1 A F#m A
The narrow road to life is the road that I choose.

bridge:

D E
So many dumpsters, but the divers are few.

A D
Lift the lid, learn to be a diver, too.

D E
At first you acted nonchalant, walking past the skip.

A D
Then you heard the snap (snap) of the dumpster whip.

D E
Jump in the can. Dig around.

A D
This is the free food, lost and found.

D E
Enough surprises, for me and you

A D
You might find board games like Monopoly and Clue.

bridge:

D E
We’ll build a new world from other people’s trash.

A D
Just don’t cut yourself, or you might get a rash

chorus:

G D1 A
all this and more at the third hand store.

G D1 A
like shopping but there’s a lid instead of a door.

G D1 A
all this and more at the third hand store.

G D1 A
welcome to your first dumpster tour.

climax:

D Ab/E
Inside it’s cleaner than you think. I know that you are on the brink

F G
A moment you will not forget. The day you and the dumpster met