collin, After some consideration, I've decided to try and make Apple Notes work for my songwriting. It's not perfect, but it does have a lot going for it, and they make it better every year. I wish it had a mode where I could jump between section headers and the tables are very limited, but I can get by.
It's easy enough to switch later if I want to, but for now, I really just don't want to turn #songwriting into a programming problem. One thing I need to solve is figuring out a good back up strategy.