F# 
(play the F# root note as a bass line and continue throughout the whole song)

[Verse 1]
F#                         B
Passed him by a long time ago
                        F#
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
F#                                  B
But didn't stop to pick him up that day even though he was late
         F#
We drove by

[Verse 2]
F#
A year later my family moved, he moved to the same town far away
F#                                          B
We became friends, smoked cigs, played ball together in all kinds of weather
                      F#
We worked on our jump shot

[Chorus 1]
C#                           F#
Bucky little wing, you flew away
F#
His name was Charles, he was my friend
         B
We got along, but in the end
C#                           F#
Bucky little wing, you flew away

[Verse 3]
        F#                               B
It was tough being weak, while Bucky was strong
                    C#
His daddy died in a car wreck
F#                              B
And I got sick of being pushed around
                                     F#
Standing my ground when Bucky had my back

[Chorus 2]
C#                         F#
Hiding in a bush and it's okay
F#
We started rolling with a different crew
         B
Before I knew it we drifted to
C#                          F#
Bucky little wing you flew away

[Bridge 1]
F#                     B           
Once some racist kids, this is what I heard,
F#                             C#
pushed him underneath a moving truck
F#                             B
It swerved but got his head on accident
F#                          C#
They ran like devils in the night

[Verse 4]
F#                         B                    F#
Word was he died. I didn't cry but oh, oh how I tried

[Bridge 2]
F#              B                 F#
Monday came and he did too, so he didn't die
          B                      C#
Just some violet bruises and one shut eye

[Verse 5]
F#                              B                              F#
Can't believe that he survived, he was like a ghost after that day

[Chorus 3]
C#                                  F#
But he was just so mighty you might say
F#
His name was Charles, he was my friend
        B
We got along but in the end
C#                          F#
Bucky little wing you flew away
C#                          F#
Bucky little wing you flew away