Seein Christy Moore playing it at the point this is how he plays it North and South of the river capo first fret intro G,D,C x2

I want to ^Greach out ove^Dr the loch ^CAnd feel your hand across the water Wa^Glk with you along an u^Dnapproved road ^CNot lookin' over my shoulder ^GI want to see, I ^Dwant to hear, to unde^Emrstand your f^Cear.

But we're ^Gnorth and ^Dsouth of the ^Criver I've been doing it wrong all of my life This holy town has turned me over. A man on the run from what he didn't understand As the wind from the Lough blew colder and colder. There was a badness that had it's way, Love was not lost it just got mislaid.

^GNorth and ^Dsouth of the ^Criver. North and south of t^Ghe river.

Can we stop playing these old tattoos, Darling I don't have the answer. I want to meet you where you are, I don't need you to surrender. There is no feeling so alone As when the one you're hurting is your own.

^GNorth and ^Dsouth of the ^Criver. Som^Ge high ground is ^Dnot worth taking, So^Emme connections are ^Cnot worth making. There's an o^Gld church bell no lo^Dnger ringing, And some ^Emold songs are not ^Cworth singing.

^GNorth and ^Dsouth of the ^Criver. North and south of t^Ghe river.

Repeat x 4

Christy Moore - North and south of the river live