Baby What A Big Surprise by Chicago

Baby What A Big Surprise chords by Chicago

Guitar chords with lyrics

BABY, WHAT A BIG SURPRISE

As recorded by Chicago
(From the 1977 Album CHICAGO XI)

Words and Music by Peter Cetera

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Horns'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar '


 Intro
 Q=72
 N.C.
 4/4
 Gtr I (Brass section arr. for Gtr.)
 Q.  E Q Q  Q.  E Q Q  Q.  S S E E E E  H  +Q.  S S
|--------3-----|--------------|-1----3-1-0-----0-|-----------------||
|-5----5----3--|-1------------|------------1-----|-3----(3)--------||
|--------------|------2-0-----|--------------0---|------------2-4--||
|--------------|--------------|------------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|------------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|------------------|-----------------||

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 1st Verse
 C    Dm7 C   F           C    Dm7 C   F
 W         +H     H     W         W
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5---------------|-(5)-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|---------1-(1)-------|-----------------|-------1-(1)-------|
|-------1---1---1-|-------1-------------|-------1---1---1-|-----1-------------|
|-----0-----------|-----2---------------|-----0-----------|---2---------------|
|---2-----0---2---|--3------------3-2-0-|---2-----0---2---|-3-----------3-2-0-|
|-3---------------|---------------------|-3---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


                   Chorus
 C    Dm7 C   F         N.C.
                           2/4
 Gtr II
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  Q.  E H   S E. S E.
|-----------------|---1-------------||-6-----8-5----|-5-3--3-1---|
|-------1---1---1-|-----1-----------||--------------|------------|
|-----0-----------|-------2---------||--------------|------------|
|---2-----0---2---|-3-------3-3-3-2-||-8----10-7----|-7-5--5-3---|
|-3---------------|-----------------||--------------|------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|------------|


               2nd & 3rd Verses
               C    Dm7 C   F
 4/4
 Q.  E H   H  H    E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E E E E
|-1----3-5----|-3----1----||------------------|-------1-(1)-------|
|-------------|-----------||o-------1---1---1-|-----1-------------|
|-------------|-----------||------0-----------|---2---------------|
|-3----5-7----|-5----3----||----2-----0---2---|-3-----------3-2-0-|
|-------------|-----------||o-3---------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-----------||------------------|-------------------|


 C    Dm7 C   F          C    Dm7 C   F
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E +E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------1-(1)-------|-----------------|---1-------------||
|-------1---1---1-|-----1-------------|-------1---1---1-|-----1-----------||
|-----0-----------|---2---------------|-----0-----------|-------2---------||
|---2-----0---2---|-3-----------3-2-0-|---2-----0---2---|-3-------3-3-3-2-||
|-3---------------|-------------------|-3---------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||


 Chorus
              1.
 N.C.                   C
        2/4     4/4
                     Gtr III (El. Gtr.)
                             |-3--|
 Q.  E H   S E. S E.  Q.  E H   E E E E E E S S S E
|-6-----8-5----|-5-3--3-1--|-1----3-5----|--------------8------------|
|--------------|-----------|-------------|------------8--------------|
|--------------|-----------|-------------|----------------9h10p9-----|
|-8----10-7----|-7-5--5-3--|-3----5-7----|---------10------------10--|
|--------------|-----------|-------------|------10-------------------|
|--------------|-----------|-------------|-8-12----------------------|


 Eb
        |------6-------|
  E E E E S S S S S S Q
|----------11-----------------------|
|-------11--------------------------|
|----12-------12h13p12-12h13p12-----|
|-------------------------------13--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-11--------------------------------|


                  Bridge
 Bb                Am
                 Gtr II
  E E E E S   +S  E Q   E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------18--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------15pb16r(15)--------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|----------15-------------15-----||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------15-----------------------||-----------------|
|-13-17--------------------------||-----------------|
|--------------------------------||-----------------|


 G    C     Am   G     C         Am
                |-3-|
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E Q E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-0-----0-3--------|---3-----3-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|---1------------0-|-----1-----1---1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----2---4--0-2---|-------0-----0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


 G    C     Am   G     Bb        G5
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-0-----0---3-----|-----------------|-----------3------||
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|---1-------------|---3-------3-----|---3---------3---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----2-------4---|-----3-------3---|-----0---------0--||
|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|---------5-----5-|-------3-------3-|-------0----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-1-------1-------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3--------||


              Out-Chorus
 2.
 N.C.  F          N.C.
                      2/4
 Q.  E H   H  H    Q.  E H   S E. S E.
|-1----3-5----|-3----6----||-6-----8-5----|-5-3--3-1---|
|-------------|-----------||--------------|------------|
|-------------|-----------||--------------|------------|
|-3----5-7----|-5----8----||-8----10-7----|-7-5--5-3---|
|-------------|-----------||--------------|------------|
|-------------|-----------||--------------|------------|


 4/4                    2/4
 Q.  E H   H  H    Q.  E H   S E. S E.
|-6-----8-5----|-3----1----||-1-----8-5----|-5-3--3-1---|
|--------------|-----------||--------------|------------|
|--------------|-----------||--------------|------------|
|-8----10-7----|-5----3----||-3----10-7----|-7-5--5-3---|
|--------------|-----------||--------------|------------|
|--------------|-----------||--------------|------------|


 4/4
 Q.  E H    H  H   Q.  E H
|-1----3-5----||-3----1----|-1-----8-5----|
|-------------||-----------|--------------|
|-------------||-----------|--------------|
|-3----5-7----||-5----3----|-3----10-7----|
|-------------||-----------|--------------|
|-------------||-----------|--------------|


 2/4     4/4
 S E. S E.  Q.  E H   H  H
|-5-3--3-1--||-1----3-5----|-3----1----*|
|-----------||-------------|-----------*|
|-----------||-------------|-----------*|
|-7-5--5-3--||-3----5-7----|-5----3----*|
|-----------||-------------|-----------*|
|-----------||-------------|-----------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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