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Baby What A Big Surprise

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|   C     G/B|   Am     C/G|   F     C/E|   Dm     G7|
[Verse]
CRight before my Dm7very       C7/E  Feyes, C/EI       Dm  Cthought
That you were Dm7on-  C7/Ely    Fsus4fa- kin' Fit,      C/E  Dmand  Clike
Before my Dm7heart C7/Ewas   Ftakin' itC/E  
[Chorus]
BbBaby what a big CsurFpriseF  C/E  C/E  Dm7  
BbRight before my ver-Cy Feyes,  oh Eboh, whoa Bboh
[Verse]
CYesterday it Dm7seemed C7/Eto    Fme,  C/Emy      Dm  Clife
Was nothing Dm7more C7/Ethan  Fsus4wasted Ftime, C/Ebut      Dm  Chere
Today you've Dm7soft- C7/Ely    Fchanged my mindC/E  
[Chorus]
BbBaby what a big CsurFpriseF  C/E  C/E  Dm7  
BbRight before my ver-Cy Feyes,  whoa C/Eohhhhhhh   Ebohhhhh    whoa oh Bbwhoa whoa
[Bridge]
   AmJust to be alone was a 
GLittle more than I could Ctake
    AmThen you Gcame to Cstay.  Oo oo-oo-oo
   AmHold me in the morning
GLove me in the Amaf-G/Bter-Cnoon
   AmHelp me Gfind my Bbway, hey G/Byeah.
[Verse]
CNow and then just Dm7like C7/Ebe-   Ffore, C/EI        DmthiCnk
About the Dm7love C7/EI've  Fsus4thrown a-Fway, C/Ebut      Dm  Cnow
It doesn't Dm7mat- C7/Eter  FanywayC/E  
[Coda]
BbBaby what a big Csur FpriseF  C/E  C/E  Dm7  
BbRight before my ver-Cy Feyes, whoa Eboh, whoa Bboh
Repeat and fade.

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Baby What A Big Surprise

by Chicago

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

C/G

C/E

Dm7

C7/E

Fsus4

C G/B Am C/G F C/E Dm G7

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[Verse]

C Dm7 C7/E F C/E Dm C

Right before my very eyes, I thought

Dm7 C7/E Fsus4 F C/E Dm C

That you were on- ly fa- kin' it, and like

Dm7 C7/E F C/E

Before my heart was takin' it

[Chorus]

Bb C F F C/E C/E Dm7

Baby what a big surprise

Bb C F Eb Bb

Right before my ver-y eyes, oh oh, whoa oh

[Verse]

C Dm7 C7/E F C/E Dm C

Yesterday it seemed to me, my life

Dm7 C7/E Fsus4 F C/E Dm C

Was nothing more than wasted time, but here

Dm7 C7/E F C/E

Today you've soft- ly changed my mind

[Chorus]

Bb C F F C/E C/E Dm7

Baby what a big surprise

Bb C F C/E Eb Bb

Right before my ver-y eyes, whoa ohhhhhhh ohhhhh whoa oh whoa whoa

[Bridge]

Just to be alone was a

G C

Little more than I could take

Am G C

Then you came to stay. Oo oo-oo-oo

Hold me in the morning

G Am G/B C

Love me in the af-ter-noon

Am G Bb G/B

Help me find my way, hey yeah.

[Verse]

C Dm7 C7/E F C/E Dm C

Now and then just like be- fore, I think

Dm7 C7/E Fsus4 F C/E Dm C

About the love I've thrown a-way, but now

Dm7 C7/E F C/E

It doesn't mat- ter anyway

[Coda]

Bb C F F C/E C/E Dm7

Baby what a big sur prise

Bb C F Eb Bb

Right before my ver-y eyes, whoa oh, whoa oh

Repeat and fade.

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