michaelr, are you arguing that Led Zeppelin stole that chord progression from Spirit? You haven't actually said. Or are you arguing that Led Zeppelin being exonerated by the court is somehow akin to Nazism? Either way, it seems daft. And offensive in the second case. As for the first, I wrote that chord pattern about three months after I learned to play the guitar. Who should I sue? Jerry Jeff Walker? Also, the thing that sets Stairway apart is what happens after the descending run, the rhythm of the G going back up to the Am. The Spirit song does something else entirely at that point, the point at which the myriad of other Am-with=descending-bass riffs differentiate themselves from each other.
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