Seein Christy Moore playing it at the point this is how he plays it
North and South of the river

 capo first fret

   intro 
      x2  
  
             
   I want to r

            
each out over 

the loch
   
   And feel yo

ur hand across

 the water
             
   Walk with y

             
ou along an un

approved road
   
   Not lookin'

 over my shoul

der
             
   I want to s

             
ee, I want to 

             
hear, to under

           
stand your fea

r.
 
             
   But we're n

             
orth and south

        
 of the river

             
   I've been d

            
oing it wrong 

all of my life
   
   This holy t

own has turned

 me over.
             
   A man on th

              
e run from wha

      
t he didn't un

derstand
   
   As the wind

 from the Loug

h blew colder 

and colder.
             
   There was a

             
 badness that 

                 
had it's way,
            
   Love was no

          
t lost it just

 got mislaid.

 
            
   North and s

            
outh of the ri

ver.
              
   North and s

         
outh of the ri

ver.

             
   Can we stop

             
 playing these

 old tattoos,
   
   Darling I d

on't have the 

answer.
             
   I want to m

             
eet you where 

you are,
             
   I don't nee

          
d you to surre

nder.

             
   There is no

             
 feeling so al

             
one
              
   As when the

            
 one you're hu

      
rting is your 

own.
 

            
   North and s

            
outh of the ri

ver.

             
   Some high g

         
round is not w

orth taking,
            
   Some connec

          
tions are not 

worth making.
              
   There's an 

             
old church bel

       
l no longer ri

nging,
            
   And some ol

              
d songs are no

  
t worth singin

g.
 

            
   North and s

            
outh of the ri

ver.
              
   North and s

         
outh of the ri

ver.
 
Repeat x 4