Chicago – Baby What A Big Surprise (Guitar 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 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--||
|--------------|--------------|------------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|------------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|------------------|-----------------||

 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