You have the right idea about keeping going at it. I was baffeled by that chord more than any I ever learned. But I just accepted that I needed it and I kept working on it. One day it just started BEING EASY!
Don't sweat the high e string. Keep working at it and one day it will just show up. Probably won't be tomarrow, but it is acheivable.
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