**Bass Intro** [NO DRUMS! clean melodic bass guitar solo opens the song alone, warm and soulful — no bongos, no congas, no xylophone — light reggae guitar skank joins on the offbeat, 8 bars total, no vocals, warm and tender atmosphere] **Verse 1** [male vocal, warm and longing, close and intimate delivery] I think about you walking down the shore Sun behind you, I don't need no more Every song I write keeps finding your name Even when I try to write something else, it's just the same Miles between us can't erase the way you stay Living in my mind like you never went away **Chorus** [full band, warm and melodic, title lands naturally and easy] You're the sweetest thing I know Sweetest thing I know Every road I walk somehow leads back to you Sweetest thing I know No matter where I go You're the only truth that I hold onto **Verse 2** [continuing warm, more personal and tender] I remember the first time you said my name Something in your voice put out every flame Now every morning I wake up reaching for your hand Even when you're miles away in another land You don't have to try, you don't have to prove Just the thought of you is all the reason that I move **Chorus** [fuller than the first, harmonies lifting underneath] You're the sweetest thing I know Sweetest thing I know Every road I walk somehow leads back to you Sweetest thing I know No matter where I go You're the only truth that I hold onto **Bass Break** [clean melodic bass guitar solo returns, warm and soulful, standard drums steady underneath, light guitar skank, 8 bars, no vocals, the bass carries the emotional center of the song] **Bridge** [stripped down to bass guitar and vocal only, intimate and direct] I don't need the ocean wide Just need you here by my side I don't need a reason why Just need you under this same sky **Final Chorus** [fullest and warmest version, harmonies stacked, extended held ending] You're the sweetest thing I know Sweetest thing I know Every road I walk somehow leads back to you Sweetest thing I know No matter where I go You're the only truth that I hold onto [held, harmonies rising gently:] Sweetest thing I know... sweetest thing I know **Outro** [band fades warm and slow, bass guitar carries the melody one final time, drums soften and simplify, vocal drifts easy] Sweetest thing I know (sweetest thing I know) [bass note held — fades slowly — silence] **End**
