Chicago – Baby What A Big Surprise (Bass Tab)

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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) - 'Peter Cetera - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=72
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  Q    H    H      H    H      H    H
|-5----4-----|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|---------5--|-7----5----|-3----2----|------5----||
|------------|-----------|-----------|-5---------||
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------||

 1st Verse
  H    Q  Q    H    +E  E E E   Q.   E Q  Q    H    +E  E E E
|-5----------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|------0--2--|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|--------0--2--|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|
|------------|----------------|-3----3-------|----------------|
|------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|

                                Chorus
                                               2/4
  Q.   E Q  Q    H    E E E E    Q  E E Q  Q    S E. S E.
|--------------|--------------||--------------|------------||
|--------0--2--|-3----3-3-3-2-||--------------|-3-2--2-0---||
|-3----3-------|--------------||-1--1-3-------|------------||
|--------------|--------------||--------1--1--|------------||

                                   2nd & 3rd Verses
 4/4
  Q  E E Q.   S S   Q  Q  Q  Q      H    Q  Q    H    +E  E E E
|-----------------|-------------||-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1--1--------||o------0--2--|-3----(3)-3-2-0--|
|-1--1-3----------|-------1--1--||o-3----------|-----------------|
|--------1----1-1-|-------------||-------------|-----------------|

  Q.   E Q  Q    H    +E  E E E   Q.   E Q  Q    H    E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------0--2--|-3----(3)-3-2-0-|--------0--2--|-3----3-3-3-2-||
|-3----3-------|----------------|-3----3-------|--------------||
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------||

 Chorus
                             1.
                2/4          4/4
  Q  E E Q  Q    S E. S E.    Q  E E Q.   S S   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----------||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-3-2--2-0--||-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-------|
|-1--1-3-------|-----------||-1--1-3----------|-----------3-----|
|--------1--1--|-----------||--------1----1-1-|-------------3-0-|

                                      Bridge
  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
|-----------0-1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-------|-------------0---||-------------2-2-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------1---1-||-0-0-0-0-3-3-----|-----0-2-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-3-3-------------|

  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-2-----|-------------2---|
|-0-0-3-3-----2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-3-3-----3-3-|-----0-2-3-3---3-|
|---------3-3-----|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-------------|

  E E E E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  S S E
|-----------------|---------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------0-3------|------0-5--5------o||
|-0-0-3-3-----2-2-|-1-----------1-|-2-----------5----o||
|---------3-3-----|---------------|---------------3---||

                              Out-Chorus
  2.
                                             2/4
  Q  E E H      Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  E E Q  Q    S E. S E.
|-------------|-------------||--------------|------------|
|-------------|-1--1--------||--------------|-3-2--2-0---|
|-1--1-3------|-------1--1--||-1--1-3-------|------------|
|--------1----|-------------||--------1--1--|------------|

 4/4                                            2/4
  Q  E E H      Q  Q  Q  E S S    Q  E E Q  Q    S E. S E.
|-------------|----------------||--------------|-----------||
|-------------|-1--1-----------||--------------|-3-2--2-0--||
|-1--1-3------|-------1--1-1---||-1--1-3-------|-----------||
|--------1----|--------------1-||--------1--1--|-----------||

 4/4
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E S S Q  E S S    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|-------------------||--------------|
|--------------|-1--1--------------||--------------|
|-1--1-3-------|------3-0-1--1-1---||-1--1-3-------|
|--------1--1--|-----------------1-||--------1--1--|

 2/4          4/4
  S E. S E.    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------||--------------|-------------*|
|-3-2--2-0--||--------------|-3--3--------*|
|-----------||-1--1-3-------|-------1--1--*|
|-----------||--------1--1--|-------------*|
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