Baby What A Big Surprise Chords 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

Last updated: March 22, 2022

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