[Intro] (hammond organ swell, brushed snare enters softly with room sound, 4 bars, no guitar yet) [Verse 1 — instrumental] (acoustic guitar enters carrying rhythm, fender bass walking country soul groove, brushed snare on 2 and 4, pedal steel sighing between phrases, 8 bars) [Pre-Chorus — instrumental] (hammond organ swells, dynamics tighten, brushed snare softens, 4 bars building tension) [Chorus — instrumental] (pedal steel takes lead melody line, fiddle weaving counter melody beneath, full band, 8 bars) [Verse 2 — instrumental] (clean twangy telecaster enters carrying melody, acoustic guitar continues rhythm, fender bass walking, 8 bars) [Pre-Chorus — instrumental] (hammond organ swells, dynamics tighten, 4 bars building tension) [Chorus — instrumental] (pedal steel lead melody, fiddle counter melody beneath, full band, 8 bars) [Bridge — instrumental] (stripped to acoustic guitar only with single telecaster lead line floating above, room sound audible, 8 bars sparse) [Chorus — instrumental] (half-step key lift, full band returns, pedal steel lead melody louder, fiddle counter melody, tambourine enters, 8 bars) [Outro — instrumental] (naked acoustic guitar only, room sound, single pedal steel sigh, hard cut at end, 4 bars)
