Probable line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Keith Richards
Guitar: Keith Richards
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Backing vocal: Keith Richards
Organ: Keith Richards
Pianos: Jack Nitzsche and Keith Richards
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
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 gray

"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
 
 

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.

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.

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