These are often called Turnarounds. They are the same thing. There will be some more of these in a future lesson too.

The key here is what chord you would play at the end of the lick.

Going to E7 (the V chord in the key of A) will turn the tune around and make the song continue.

Going to A7 (the I chord in the key of A) will end the song.

The TAB is below the vid lesson, I recommend watching the vid first and then checking out the TAB so that you know how they should go - and also check out the fingering, of course...

Video Lesson

 

Lesson TABs and chord boxes

Lick 1

lick 2

lick 3

lick 4

lick 5

The chord grips I use in the vid for A7 and E7 are shown below - but remeber that you can use whatever fingers you like - I use quite a few different fingerings in the video.

A7 *** of course the root note for A7 should be placed at the 5th fret.

D7*** of course the root note for D7 should be placed at the 5th fret!

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