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Intro
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Verse 1
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Here is a story from the Good Book we know
D7 G
A story bout a miracle that happened long ago
D7 G
We hope that you'll take courage when temptation you meet
C G C G
There's somebody watching you who's strong when you're weak
Chorus
D7
They wouldn't bend
G
They held onto the will of God so we are told
D7
They wouldn't bow
G
They would not bow their knees to the idol made of gold
D7
They wouldn't burn
G
They were protected by the fourth man in the fire
C D7 G
They wouldn't bend they wouldn't bow they wouldn't burn
Verse 2
Now the prophet Daniel tells about
C
Three men who walked with God
D7
Shadrack Meshack and Abednego
G
Before the wicked king they stood
Verse 3
And the King commanded them
C
Bound and thrown in the fiery furnace that day
D7
But the fire was so hot that the men were slain
G
That forced them on their way
Verse 4
Now when the three were cast in
C
And the King rose up to witness this awful fate
D7
He began to tremble at what he saw
G
And in astonished tones he spake
Bridge
C
Did we not cast three men bound into the midst that fire
D7 G
For lo I see four men unhurt unbound and walking down there
C
There's Shadrack Meshack and Abednego in the fiery coals they trod
D7 G
And the form of the fourth man that I see is like the Son of God
Chorus
D7
They wouldn't bend
G
They held onto the will of God so we are told
D7
They wouldn't bow
G
They would not bow their knees to the idol made of gold
D7
They wouldn't burn
G
They were protected by the fourth man in the fire
C D7 G
They wouldn't bend they wouldn't bow they wouldn't burn
Chorus
D7
They wouldn't bend
G
They held onto the will of God so we are told
D7
They wouldn't bow
G
They would not bow their knees to the idol made of gold
D7
They wouldn't burn
G
They were protected by the fourth man in the fire
C D7 G
They wouldn't bend they wouldn't bow they wouldn't burn
Chorus
D7
They wouldn't bend
G
They held onto the will of God so we are told
D7
They wouldn't bow
G
They would not bow their knees to the idol made of gold
D7
They wouldn't burn
G
They were protected by the fourth man in the fire
C D7 G B G
They wouldn't bend they wouldn't bow they wouldn't burn

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