Blues Turnaround Lick in A - from Me and the Devil Blues by Robert Johnson

 

This is a blues turnaround lick in the Key of A. It is taken from the blues tune Me and The Devil Blues by Robert Johnson. The turnaround is played on a guitar in standard tuning. 
 
This lick is relatively easy to play and can be incorporated into a standard blues piece in the Key of A. To make it easier to play, in the 1st bar, if you anchor pinky of your fretting hand on fret 5 of the highest string and then use the other fingers to fret the other notes, it will be a lot easier to play.
 
In the 2nd bar, if you just form an E7 chord with all four fingers, you can easily play the last few notes of this lick.
 

The video above me playing it at normal speed, and then shows me playing it slower with the tab on the screen. To download the free tabs, click the links below.


Blues Turnaround Lick in A Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT


Thanks for Reading,
Neil

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