Flood Chords
by Tool
Flood by Tool is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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