The main riff is an alternating bass note (minor 3rd) on the Am and Dm chords as shown.  
Open chords throughout, with a first inversion G chord to create the descending bass 
line twice in the chorus: C ? G/B ? Am/C.
       Am    Am/C
e | -----0----0------ | 
B | -----1----1------ | 
G | -----2----2------ | 
D | -----2----2------ | 
A | -----0----3------ | 
E | ----------------- | 

       Dm   Dm/F
e | -----1----1------- | 
B | -----3----3------- | 
G | -----2----2------- | 
D | -----0----3------- | 
A | ------------------ | 
E | ------------------ | 

Chorus bass line:
         C            G/B            Am
e | -------0------------3--------------0-------- | 
B | -------1------------0--------------1-------- | 
G | -------0------------0--------------2-------- | 
D | -------2------------0--------------2-------- | 
A | -------3------------2--------------0-------- | 
E | -------------------------------------------- | 



Am
Smoking cigarettes in a strip mall parking lot
Dm
There?s nothing to do around here but hang out
C                               G
Isn?t that just like everywhere else?
Am
There?s a war veteran standing by the interstate on-ramp
Dm
Yeah, he?s asking for a ride; he?s hoping for a kick down
C                              G
Anything you can spare to give helps


(chorus)
           F                 C
And as the southwest Florida sun sets
    ( C )           G/B           Am
The sky?s painted hues pink and orange
C   G/B            Am
All directions are calling
        G             Am
Life is waiting to be ruined
        G             Am
Life is waiting to be ruined

Am
City cops come down and they bust up the party
Dm
We go to a diner, we drink bitter black coffee
C                                              G
Gas station billboard reads three forty-nine a gallon
Am
We?re coming down from the high, we?re starting to sober up
Dm                                                                 C
Boys crushing on girls crushing on boys into the southwest Florida morning
             G
We are still young

(chorus)
           F                 C
And as the southwest Florida sun sets
    ( C )            G/B           Am
The sky?s painted hues pink and orange
C   G/B            Am
All directions are calling
        G             Am
Life is waiting to be ruined
        G             Am
Life is waiting to be ruined
        G             C G Am
Life is waiting to be ruined