Dm              F 
Woman please be gone 
   G                        Bb   A7 
You've stayed here much too long 
Dm                        F 
Don't you wish that you could cry 
G              Bb       A7 
Don't you wish I would die 
Dm            F 
Seamy seesaw kids 
G           Bb        A7 
Child women on the skids 
Dm                       F 
The dust will choke you blind 
    G          Bb          A7  
The lust will choke your mind 

Chorus:  *Dm ( all the way through)   

I hit the floor one kick no more 
The pig and hose have set me free 
I've tasted hate street's hanging tree 
I've tasted hate street's hanging tree 

Dm, F, G, Bb, A7 x2 

Chorus:  *Dm ( all the way through)   

I hit the floor one kick no more 
The pig and hose have set me free 
I've tasted hate street's hanging tree 
I've tasted hate street's hanging tree 


Dm              F 
The inner city birthed me 
G                Bb    A7 
The local pusher nursed me 
Dm               F 
Cousins make it on the street 
 G                Bb        A7 
They marry every trick they meet 
Dm                F 
A dime a dollar, it's all the same 
 G                     Bb        A7 
When a man comes in to bust your game 
Dm                     F 
The turn key comes, his face a grin 
G                  Bb      A7 
Locks the cell, I'm in again 

 Chorus   *Dm ( all the way through)   

I hit the floor one kick no more 
The pig and hose have set me free 
I've tasted hate street's hanging tree 
I've tasted hate street's hanging tree 
I've tasted hate street's hanging tree 
I've tasted hate street's hanging tree   (fade out)