Jurors are played the opening of the British rockers' 1971 hit in the copyright infringement case being heard in LA.
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page have appeared in US court for the start of a civil trial in a copyright claim over the band's classic Stairway To Heaven.
A Los Angeles jury will decide whether the rock icons stole the opening chords of the 1971 hit song from another band.
A trustee of late guitarist Randy Wolfe from the band Spirit accuses Led Zeppelin of ripping the song Taurus, which Wolfe wrote in 1966 or 1967.
Michael Skidmore, who filed the lawsuit, said the two bands toured together in 1968 and 1969, around the time when Page may have been inspired to write Stairway To Heaven.
On Tuesday jurors were played the opening to Stairway To Heaven.
A lawyer for Page and Plant said the chord progression in Wolfe's song is common and found in songs dating to the 1600s and that other similarities also exist.
US District Judge Gary Klausner ordered the trial to go forward in April after ruling the two songs had "substantial" similarities.
Plant, Page and the band's bassist John Paul Jones are all expected to testify about the song's creation.
According to Mr Skidmore, Wolfe had complained about the similarity between the two songs not long before he drowned in 1997 while attempting to rescue his son.
Lead singer Plant and guitarist Page, however, contend that Wolfe was a songwriter for hire and, therefore, had no claim to copyright.
The song has earned Led Zeppelin hundreds of millions of pounds and is one of the most successful rock songs of all time.
But the British rockers often drew inspiration from other groups and some of these have resulted in legal challenges.
As a result, the band has already been forced to alter the credits and pay portions of their royalties for songs such as Babe I'm Gonna Leave You and Whole Lotta Love.
Last year Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were ordered to pay Marvin Gaye's family millions of dollars after a court ruled they had infringed the copyright of his song Got To Give It Up with their hit Blurred Lines
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