Hi John,
Yes, mostly the notes are fine, it’s just that when I compare with what I see other players doing my pinkie always seems to want to lie outwards 
Now, I may just be chasing ghosts here and it may also just be more practice that will improve the positioning such as in Alexeys example.
@Alexeyd I’ve been trying the hammer on pull off exercise, it’s tricky to avoid muting the high E with one of the other fingers, but I’m going to use this as one of my exercises, thanks.
I have had a similar problem for 40 years, having broken three fingers in a total seven places. The pinky is worst: when I try to put the pinky and ring fingers together there is a quarter inch gap at the bottom.
My solution is to cheat — admittedly a flawed cheat. I capo up a full tone so that my pinky doesn’t have to stretch as far. This changes the key, but I don’t sing and don’t worry much about replicating the original version of a song.
One could also tune the whole guitar down a full tone (i.e. to D) then put the capo on the second fret to bring the tuning back to a standard E. This has advantages and disadvantages too, depending on the compromises you are willing to make.
Thank you for sharing that, Peter! I see this less as cheating, and more as adjusting to system constraints. Looking at your bio, I’d guess you’re well practiced at this! 
It’s still frustrating when I try to play pinky-intense songs like “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Ten times out of 10 that little finger won’t do what its told. If I understood music theory better it might be possible to figure out alternative chord progressions and tunings that would render a recognizable version.