I've Tried Subtlety (Scott Miller)
Tabbed by the well-meaning Matthew Amster-Burton  

Intro:  Same as verse

   G       C         G C      D    Am D Am
   All the kids from 916 came down
            G    C      G         C        D       Am D Am
   And were misdirected trying to find the grounds
       Em        C
   The Regency Hotel
 B             Em      B         D              C  
   Prom royals eyeing adult-life means to excel
   G         C   G    C        D     Am D Am
   Down into the city-planning flats
           G     C      G          C        D  Am D Am
   Near Victoria Park a block they gathered at
       Em             C
   Old masters on the door
 B              Em        B      D              B C G Em D  
   Re-styled to stand for some political reform
   
                   B C G Em D                     B C G Em D
   Under-civilized time,       older-sibling-ized crime
       G      C                   Bm    Em
   And my car got stripped to the frame
               C               D 
   And well it feels about the same
           G         C      D
   Lots of distance gone in vain
 G              C               D  
   And darlings this one is for you
              G     C    D          G        C  D     C
   I've tried subtlety before but I will not anymore
   
   For some looking down surveillance vans
   
   M.I.T. grad alley cats with time on their hands
   
   Oh sergeant, I'm sorry
   
   In my line of work they don't teach no courtesy
   
   Gifted children link your arms in rhyme
   
   Better make this world while still it gives you time
   
   Oh will you look so vain
   
   Left to the purging jets like garbage in the rain
                                        B   C 
   Wish I could with someone what I do alone
   B      C      C#   D  
   Should I just stay at home?
   B      C      B    C               D       Em
   Should I just make the whole thing up as I go?
            C           D
   But what do I really know?
           G         C          D
   Lots of quickness now turned slow
 G              C               D  
   And darlings this one is for you
              G     C    D          G        C  D
   I've tried subtlety before but I will not anymore