At the end of the blues progression on the twelfth bar there is what's known as a turnaround. Usually, it's an extra chord used to help the blues progression turn around and start again. At that point in the progression, many players play signature licks and lines to help the solo turn around as well. There are many of these licks, and they can be used during a solo or at the very end of the tune.

To start with, let's look at a blues progression with a turnaround chord so you can hear the sound of a turnaround. See FIGURE 14-15. The extra V chord helps the progression start over because of the pull it creates.

There are some very cliché lines that blues guitar players all know. When you solo, you should know them, too. FIGURE 14-16 shows a lick for the last two bars of an A blues. This simple descending lick is based on the interval of a major sixth that falls chromatically down the fingerboard.

FIGURE 14-17 shows the same idea of falling intervals, this time based on a minor third, this time in E.

The next two examples (see FIGURES 14-18 and 14-9) will make the finger-style fans happy, because they show two ending lines that can be played finger style to end a blues lick. They are also based on the falling sixth interval but include a pedal tone, which is a note that is repeated through the figure. One is in A and one is in E.