She Smiled Sweetly

Composers: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording date: August & November 1966
Recording locations: RCA Studios, Los Angeles, USA;
Olympic Studios & Pye Studios, London, England
Producer: Andrew Oldham      Engineers: Dave Hassinger & Glyn Johns
Performed onstage: 1967, 2002

Probable line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Keith Richards
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Backing vocal: Keith Richards
Organ: Keith Richards
Piano: Keith Richards or Jack Nitzsche
Tambourine: Mick Jagger
 

Why do my thoughts loom so large on me?
They seem to stay for day after day
And won't disappear, I've tried every way

But she smiled sweetly
She smiled sweetly
She smiled sweetly
And says don't worry
Oh no no no

Where does she hide it inside of her
That keeps her peace most every day
And won't disappear? My hair's turning grey

But she smiled sweetly
She smiled sweetly
She smiled sweetly
And says don't worry

There's nothing in why or when
There's no use trying, you're here digging again
And over again

That's what she said so softly
I understood for once in my life
And feeling good most all of the time

Cause she smiled sweetly
She smiled sweetly
She smiled sweetly
And said don't worry
Oh no no no
Oh no no no
Oh no no no

 
 

TrackTalk

This is very religious - it was HE Smiled Sweetly but someone changed it. A quasi-religious up-tempo shuffler. That's Jack Nitzssche on piano.

- Mick Jagger, 1967


I had forgotten how hauntingly nice that is. We did it in two takes and I played bass, organ, guitar, and piano on it. Charlie played drums and Mick sang it. It was just the three of us. And suddenly that came back to me (while we've been rehearsing it) and I saw us in the studio.

- Keith Richards, 2002



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