Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

intro ,, x2

I want to reach out over the loch

And feel your hand across the water

Walk with you along an unapproved road

Not lookin' over my shoulder

I want to see, I want to hear, to understand your fear.

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.

North and south of the river.

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.

North and south of the river.

Some high ground is not worth taking,

Some connections are not worth making.

There's an old church bell no longer ringing,

And some old songs are not worth singing.

North and south of the river.

North and south of the river.

Repeat x 4