Here's the version by Johnny Cash:


THE FOURTH MAN (IN THE FIRE)
Written by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
As recorded by Johnny Cash on "The Holy Land" (1969)

CHORUS: [E] They wouldn't [B7] bend. (They held on to the will of [E] God so we are told,)
They wouldn't [B7] bow. (They would not bow their knees to [E] idols made of gold.)
They wouldn't [B7] burn. (They were protected by the [E] fourth man in the fire.)
They wouldn't [A] bend; they wouldn't [B7] bow; they wouldn't [E] burn.

1. [E] Now the prophet Daniel tells about three [A] men who walked with God:
[B7] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; before the wicked king they [E] stood.
And the king commanded them bound and thrown into the [A] fiery furnace that day,
But the [B7] fire was so hot that the men were slain that forced them on their [E] way. CHORUS

2. Now when the three were cast in and the king rose up to witness this awful fate,
He began to tremble at what he saw; in astonished tones he spake.
"Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?
Well, lo, I see four men unhurt, unbound, and walkin' down there.
There's Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego; in the fiery coals they trod,
But the form of the fourth man that I see is like the Son of God." CHORUS

CHANGE TO F: REPEAT CHORUS: