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  
  
             G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)  I want to reach out over the loch
   C (x32010@1)  And feel your hand across the water
     G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)  Walk with you along an unapproved road
   C (x32010@1)  Not lookin' over my shoulder
   G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)                  Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)  I want to see, I want to hear, to understand your fear.
    
             G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)  But we're north and south of the river
 
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.
   
   G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)  North and south of the river.
                       G (320003@1)  North and south of the 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.
   
   G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)  North and south of the river.
   G (320003@1)              DSome (xx0232@1)high ground is not worth taking,
  Em (022000@1)               CSome (x32010@1)connections are not worth making.
            G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)   
There's an old church bell no longer ringing,
         Em (022000@1)              CAnd (x32010@1)some old songs are not worth singing.
   
   G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)  North and south of the river.
                       G (320003@1)  North and south of the river.
   
Repeat x 4