Baby What A Big Surprise (hi-lo)

by Peter Cetera, Chicago · posted by WaltP

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

BABY WHAT A BIG SURPRISE hi-lo
By: Peter Cetera
Chicago
Key: C, F

This song is played on just one harp

Key: C

  3   2   -1  1  -1 2-11 1
  6   5   -4  4  -4 5-44 4
Right be-fore my ver-y eyes

-3”  3    2 -1  1   1   -1 2  -1  1   1
-6   6    5 -4  4   4   -4 5  -4  4   4
I thought that you were on-ly fak-in' it

-2”  3   2 -1 1  1   -1    2  -1  1   1
-5   6   5 -4 4  4   -4    5  -4  4   4
And like be-fore my heart was tak-in' it

Key: F

-2”-2” -2”-2”-2”  3   -3”
-5 -5  -5 -5 -5   6   -6
Ba-by what a big sur-prise

 -2”  -2” -2” -2”-2” 3  -3”
 -5   -5  -5  -5 -5  6  -6
Right be-fore my ver-y eyes

-2”-2”3-2”3-3”3-2”-2”
-5 -56-5 6-66-5 -5
Oh oh      oh   oh

Key: C

 3   2  -1  1    -1  2-11 1
 6   5  -4  4    -4  5-44 4
Yes-ter-day it seemed to  me

-3” 3   2-1  1    1   -1   2    -1  1   1
-6  6   5-4  4    4   -4   5    -4  4   4
My life was noth-ing more than wast-ed time

-2”  3   2-1 1   1
-5   6   5-4 4   4 
But here to-day you 

 -1  2    -1    1   1
 -4  5    -4    4   4
Soft-ly changed my mind

Key: F

-2”-2” -2”-2”-2”  3   -3”
-5 -5  -5 -5 -5   6   -6
Ba-by what a big sur-prise

 -2”  -2” -2” -2”-2” 3  -3”
 -5   -5  -5  -5 -5  6  -6
Right be-fore my ver-y eyes

-2”-2”3-2”-3”3-2”3-3”3-2”-2”1-1
-5 -56-5 -6  6-56-66-5 -54-4
Oh  oh   oh  oh   oh    oh  

Key: C

 2   -3”-3 4  -3”
 5   -6 -7 7  -6
Just to be a-lone

 2  2  3   3   3    3   3  -2”2 -1 1
 5  5  6   6   6    6   6  -5 5 -4 4
Was a lit-tle more than I could take

 2   -3”  3   -3”-1 2  2-2”2-11
 5   -6   6   -6 -4 5  5-55-44
Then you came to stay    oh

 2   -3”-3  4   -3”  2
 5   -6 -7  7   -6   5
Hold me in the morn-ing

 3   3  3   3  3  -2”2-1 1
 6   6  6   6  6  -55 -4 4
Love me in the af-ter-noon

 2   -3” 3   -1 -2”-3”-1-2” 3
 5   -6  6   -4 -5-6  -4-5  6
Help me find my way   hey, yeah


 3   2   -1   1    -1  2-11 1
 6   5   -4   4    -4  5-44 4
Now and then just like be-fore

-3” 3   2 -1 1  1   -1   2     -1   1  1
-6  6   5 -4 4  4   -4   5     -4   4  4
I think a-bout the love I've thrown a-way

-2”  3  2 -1 1   1  -1   2  -1 1  1
-5   6  5 -4 4   4  -4   5  -4 4  4
But now it does-n't mat-ter an-y-way

Key: F

-2”-2” -2”-2”-2”  3   -3”
-5 -5  -5 -5 -5   6   -6
Ba-by what a big sur-prise

 -2”  -2” -2” -2”-2” 3  -3”
 -5   -5  -5  -5 -5  6  -6
Right be-fore my ver-y eyes

-2”-2”3-2”3-3”3 -2”-2”
-5 -56-5 6 -6 6 -5 -5
Oh   oh    oh      oh

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