Chords for The Fourth Man

_ _ You know, neighbors, we often hear folks have a narrow escape from death, and after it's
not when we talk about it, we'll remark about how lucky they were, when it isn't luck at all.
It's just the hand of God stepping in to perform his daily miracle.
We can read in the Bible about the Lord and the miracles he performed, and I imagine that's
where Arthur Smith got his inspiration for the song that almost overnight became a sensation.
It's offered to you now by those wonderful guys, the Statesman Quartet, and it's recorded
also on the Statesman label.
It's [G] called Fourth Man.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _
_ [F] Here is a story [Bb] from the good book we know, [F] a story about a [Bb] miracle that happened long ago.
[F] We hope that you'll take courage [Bb] when temptations you [Eb] meet.
There's [Bb] somebody watching [F] you, who's strong [Gm] when you weep.
[Ab] They [F] held up to [Bb] the will of God, so we are told.
[F] They wouldn't bow their [Gm] knees to God who made them grow.
[F] They were protected [Bb] by the fourth man in the fire.
[Eb] Then they [F] wouldn't bow, they [Bb] wouldn't burn.
The prophet Daniel tells about [Eb] three men who walked with God, [F] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednach.
And they set to go [Bb] before the wicked king they stood.
And the king commanded them, bound and [Eb] thrown in the fiery furnace that day.
[F] And the fire was so hot that the men were [Bb] slain that forced them on their way.
They [F] wouldn't bend.
They held up to the [Bb] will of God, so we are told.
They [F] wouldn't bow their [Bb] knees to the idol made of gold.
They [F] wouldn't burn.
They were protected [Bb] by the fourth man in the fire.
They [Eb] wouldn't bend, they [Fm] wouldn't bow, they [Bb] wouldn't burn.
When the three were cast in and the king rose [Eb] up to witness their awful fate,
[F] he began to tremble at what he saw [Gm] in astonished tones he spake.
Did we not cast three men all [Eb] bound into the midst of fire?
[F] Though I see four men [Eb] unhurt, unbound, and walking [Bb] down there.
There's Shadrach, Meshach, Abednach, and [Eb] the fiery coals they've trod.
[F] And the form of the fourth man I [Bb] see is like the Son of [Gm] God.
They wouldn't [F] bend.
They held up to the [Bb] will of God, so we are told.
They [F] wouldn't bow.
They wouldn't bow their [Bb] knees to the idol made of gold.
They [F] wouldn't burn.
They were protected [Bb] by the fourth man in the fire.
They [Cm] wouldn't bend, they [F] wouldn't bow, they [Bb] wouldn't burn. _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Am] _