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from Dumpster Diver the Musical by kris kemp

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Faith expresses her concern about dumpster diving and the Dumpster Liberation Front (DLF) answers her with this song.

lyrics

opportunity
tempo: 110 bpm / voice:
v 1:
E(4) C#(2) B(2) E F# Ab Ab B C# B E F# Ab
Every dumpster is an op - por - tu - ni - ty. Dive in what do you see?
Ab(2) B C# B E E A(3) Ab F#
A box of o - ran - ges, and vegetables galore.
E(2) C# B E F# Ab Ab(2) B C# B E F# Ab
Onions, squash, to - ma - toes, too. Enough to make a dum - pster stew.
Ab B C# B E F# A(3) B C# B
Di - ving is a pleasure at the third hand store.
v 2:
E(4) C# B E F# Ab Ab Ab C# B E
There’s a dumpster call - ing out your name, with stuff you can claim.
Ab(2) B C# B E E A(3) Ab F#
The store behind the store. A metal box on wheels.
E(3) C# B E F# Ab Ab(2) B C# B E
Lift the lid. Take what you fi - nd. Don’t leave a mess behind.
Ab(2) B C#(2) B(2) E F# A A(3) B C# B
Discov - er treasure when you sweep a - way the banana peels.
bridge:
A(3) E(2) Ab(3) A Ab
bags of bread, in different vari - e - ties.
C#(3) A A(4) B A
tubs of hum - mus. sometimes you will find cheese.
A B A E Ab(3) A Ab E
bags of bagels. wholegrain, pum - per - ni - ckel.
C#(16)
sourdough, wheat, raisin, cinammon swirl, onion, garlic, salt, adagio cheese, sundried tomato,
C# A A(2) B A E
blueberry, egg, plain, everything - (takes a deep breath) - e - nough to please the fickle
chorus:
B(3) A A(3) B A
all this and more at the third hand store.
A B(5) A A(3) B A
like shopping but there’s a lid instead of a door.
B(3) A A(3) B A
all this and more at the third hand store.
B(4) A A B A
welcome to your first dumpster tour.
v 3.
E(5) C# B E F# Ab Ab B C# B E F# Ab
every person has dreams they want to share. list - en, show that you care.
Ab B C# E E A(3) B C# B
help them get, to the place they want to be.
E(3) C# B E F# Ab Ab B C# B E
dive in their world, get in - volved. problems can be solved.
Ab(2) B C# B E A(3) Ab F#
let’s plant a garden of possibil - i - ty.
E(4) C# B E F# Ab Ab(2) B C# B E
gravity can barely keep me down, my feet have left the ground.
Ab(3) B C# B E F# A(3) Ab F#
now that I have nothing, I have nothing left to lose.
E(3) C# B E F# Ab Ab(2) B C# B E
I have The Faith that keeps me strong, I know where I belong.
Ab(2) B C# B E F# A(3) B C# B
The nar - row Road to Life is The Road that I choose.
bridge:
A A B A E E E Ab(2) A Ab
So many dumpsters, but the divers are few.
C#(3) A(2) A(3) B A
Lift the lid, learn to be a diver, too.
E Ab(5) Ab A Ab(3) A Ab
At first you acted nonchalant, walking past the skip.
C#(5) A(3) B A
Then you heard the snap (snap) of the dumpster whip.
A(4) Ab A Ab
Jump in the can. Dig around.
C#(4) A A B A
This is the free food, lost and found.
A(4) E Ab(2) A Ab
Enough suprises for me and you
C#(4) A A(5) B A
You might find board games like Monopoly and Clue.
b.
A(4) E E Ab(3) A Ab
We’ll build a new world from other people’s trash.
C#(3) A(2) A(4) B A
Just don’t cut yourself, or you might get a rash
chorus:
B(3) A A(3) B A
all this and more at the third hand store.
A B(5) A A(3) B A
like shopping but there’s a lid instead of a door.
B(3) A A(3) B A
all this and more at the third hand store.
B(4) A A B A
welcome to your first dumpster tour.
climax:
A Ab(5) A Ab Ab A B A
Inside it’s cleaner than you think. I know that you are on the brink
A B(5) C B B C(5) C# C
A moment you will not forget. The day you and the dumpster met

credits

from Dumpster Diver the Musical, track released January 14, 2016
lyrics/music: kris kemp

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Kris Kemp is a writer, musician, traveler, creative entrepreneur.

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