Resolving Licks

I've been playing a lot of D tunes lately and noticed a prevailing pattern. Nearly every song ends with the last two measures.

D / A / D / / / (4/4 time)

And the chord changes are usually accompanied by a falling melody line. I think it's referred to as the resolution of the tune (more knowledgeable people feel free to expound) so I'm going to call the stuff below "resolving licks". If this isn't a good name, I'm open to suggestions. When I'm learning these types of tunes, I tend to fall back on a default lick to end the part, usually something like

  D       A         D
|-2p0-----0-------|-----2-------2---|
|-----0-----0-----|-0---0---0---0---|
|-------------4---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------0-|-------0-------0-| 

It sounds good with just about everything but if I'm not careful, everything starts to sound all samey. We've got to keep things interesting! While working on Angelina Baker, I played around a bit and I came up with this.

  D                  D       A          D
|-----------------|-x---0------------|-----2-------2---|
|-------------2/4-|-------4-2p0------|-0---0---0---0---|
|-----------------|--------------2/4-|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---0--------------|-------0-------0-|

So in the interest of broadening horizons, I'd like to see how other people play the resolving lick and how they change it up from song to song, or even within a song. Do you add more notes, move notes around, include rests or mutes to change up the rhythm? Do you find yourself reusing the same lick or do you find that different songs naturally call for different progressions?