Learn how to play Dominant 7th Chords using A Shape Barre Chord - used a lot in Blues and Folk music!
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What songs actually use any of these chords?
As it says, Blues and Folk. For example: Tore Down, Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, Willy o Winsbury and many others
Many Beatle songs use it. One that I can think of that I add the pinky to is the end of Revolution. I end it Bb7 to A7. When I play Her Majesty (Beatles too) I use the 2 finger version + the minor version of it too.
I use either of the grips many songs. I’d have to look to remember them though.
I use either shape and consider it to be a common grip for either fingering.
Yeah that would work for Revolution. Which other songs by the Beatles?
I’d have to look Jesse.
Many of them.
I have the book Beatles Complete (500+ pages of Beatle music). It is mostly transcribed using open cowboy chords. Over the years I’ve taken to playing many of them using barre chords. Any of them that have a 7th chord in them, both of them A7 grips are very useful as they are movable chords so ya can do any 7th chord anywhere on the neck to get what chord your wanting.
I just find that fingering exceedingly useful when playing various songs. It just depends on the song as to if I use it, or if I don’t. I just feel it’s near a must know barre chord to know.
fwiw, the 2 finger version (A7 open chord) is also easy to turn into a minor7 chord too. That makes it double useful. 
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