«Flood» — by Tool
One of the best songs on «Undertow», it often gets overlooked beacuse
of its long opening. As with lots of Tool songs, it’s Drop D tuned.
Bear with me. My rhythem ain’t so good
/ = slide up
= slide down
~ = bend
Opening: (slowly)
low D: -0—0—6—6-6—-6/////////12—12
Opening Part Riff:
d -5—5-6-6-6-6-0-3-3-3-2-0-0-0 muted 2-3——0
A -5—5-6-6-6-6-0-3-3-3-2-0-0-0 then 2-3——0
D -5—5-6-6-6-6-0-3-3-3-2-0-0-0 slowly 2-3——0
lowder
When Opening Part Riff is repeated:
d -5—5-6-6-6-6-0-3-3-3-2-0-0-0-6 |
A -5—5-6-6-6-6-0-3-3-3-2-0-0-0-6 😐 rinse and repeat
D -5—5-6-6-6-6-0-3-3-3-2-0-0-0-6 |
Main Part Riff (single string):
A -3-5-6-5-0-3-5-0-6-5-0-3-0 😐 rinse and repeat
Main Part Riff (chords):
d -3-5-6-5-0-3-5-0-6-5-0-3-0 😐
A -3-5-6-5-0-3-5-0-6-5-0-3-0 😐 rinse and repeat
D -3-5-6-5-0-3-5-0-6-5-0-3-0 😐
When Maynard says «This ground is not the rock I thought it would be», you play:
d -3—3—3—3—0-0—0-0—0-0—0-0
A -3—3—3—3—0-0—0-0—0-0—0-0
D -3—3—3—3—0-0—0-0—0-0—0-0
When he says «I was wrong. This changes everything», you play:
d -5———-0 0
A -5-let ring-0 «I was wrong» 0 «This…»
D -5———-0 0
bend and slowly release
d -0/////////////10—-9-10-12——12~~~~~~~
d -13-12—10-12—13-12—10—10-12-13-12—17-15—15\\\\\\\\\3
I’m not sure which notes to play for the «Runnin’ away» part. Sorry.
Be careful to listen for variations when they don’t play the
open note. For example, they play:
A -3-5-6-5—3-5—6-5—3— 😐 you know the drill
Ending Riff:
d -0—0—0—6—0—5—0—8—0-1-2-3
A -0—0—0—6—0—5—0—8—0-1-2-3
D -0—0—0—6—0—5—0—8—0-1-2-3
d -0—0—0—6—0—5—0—8—0-3-4-2
A -0—0—0—6—0—5—0—8—0-3-4-2
D -0—0—0—6—0—5—0—8—0-3-4-2
d -0—0—0—6—0—5—0—8—0-1-2-3
A -0—0—0—6—0—5—0—8—0-1-2-3
D -0—0—0—6—0—5—0—8—0-1-2-3
d -0—0—0—6—0—5—0—8—0-33333
A -0—0—0—6—0—5—0—8—0-33333