Chicago - Baby what a big surprise
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BABY, WHAT A BIG SURPRISE (Bassline)
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
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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
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| - 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