Tool - Flood guitar tab

#

"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