[SONG META: Genre=warm neo-soul | BPM=88 | Feel=gentle pocket | Key=A major | Mood=grateful, domestic, deeply romantic] [INTRO: Amaj9 | C#m7 | Bm9 | E13 | Rhodes, brushed kick] [Female Voice: tender low register] Love arrived without announcing itself [VERSE 1: Amaj9 | C#m7 | Bm9 | E13 | bass slides, soft guitar] You charge my phone and never mention it Turn the mug so the handle meets my hand Save the softer towel when you do the washing Move the chair before I need to stand You learn the names of things that make me anxious Check the lock, then check it once again Nothing grand enough to make a headline Still you make the ordinary feel like ten out of ten [PRE-CHORUS: Dmaj9 | C#m7 F#7alt | Bm9 | E13sus E13 | airy stack] Anybody can promise me a lifetime You give me Tuesday with your whole heart every time [CHORUS: Amaj9 | E/G# | F#m9 | C#m7 | Dmaj9 | C#m7 F#7alt | Bm9 E13 | A6/9 | harmony opens] You love me in all the small ways In the five-minute favours that carry my days No audience watching, no credit to claim You learn what I need and remember my name You love me in all the small ways And somehow the smallest keep taking up space If forever is built from the choices we make You're building it softly in all the small ways [VERSE 2: Amaj9 | C#m7 | Bm9 | E13 | warmer drums] You slow your steps when my body is tired Let the lift close and wait for the next Read my face when the room gets too crowded Put your palm at the back of my neck You taste the sauce and reach for the pepper Know I will ask before I say a word Love can be a thousand quiet details Proving devotion does not need to be heard [PRE-CHORUS: Dmaj9 | C#m7 F#7alt | Bm9 | E13sus E13 | counter-melody] Anybody can promise me a lifetime You give me Tuesday with your whole heart every time [BRIDGE: Fmaj9 | G13 | Em9 | A13 | Dmaj9 | C#m7 F#7alt | Bm9 E13 | Rhodes solo response] [Female Voice: close confession to clear belt] Keep the grand bouquet for some occasion I want the last clean spoon left by the plate The coat across my shoulders at the doorway The way you know I'm ready when I hesitate [FINAL CHORUS: Amaj9 | E/G# | F#m9 | C#m7 | Dmaj9 | C#m7 F#7alt | Bm9 E13 | A6/9 | choir-like stacks, melisma] You love me in all the small ways In the choices that quietly carry my days No audience watching, no credit to claim You know who I am and you cherish the same You love me in all the small ways And every small kindness keeps finding its place If forever is built from the choices we make Then I choose you back in all the small ways (I choose you, ooh) [OUTRO: Dmaj9 | E13 | A6/9 | clean resolved chord] [Female Voice: breathy final turn] I choose you back
